IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK

THE MESSIAH SERIES BOOK 1

MOSES
A SIGN OF THE M OST HONORABLE
ELIJAH M UHAMMAD

Written by Berve Muhammad

A student and follower of

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Under the guidance of
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

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Moses: A Sign of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
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This book is dedicated to all the Pioneers of the
Nation of Islam upon whose shoulders we stand.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Prologue: Why Write This Book?
Foundation of The Nation
ALLAH (GOD) WOULD COME AFTER 400 YEARS OF B ONDAGE
ALLAH (GOD) IN THE PERSON OF M ASTER FARD M UHAMMAD
THE M ESSENGER OF ALLAH (GOD)
In the Volume of the Book
A SIGN IS ONLY A SIGN
HISTORICAL VS. PROPHETIC
WHO DO PEOPLE SAY I AM?
THE WORKS THAT I DOB EAR WITNESS OF M E
ONE RAISED LIKE M OSES
M OSES
THE M AN
Background
Plot to Kill Moses
Met Allah (God) in Arabia
Met Face-to-Face With Allah (God)
Moses Saw Allah (God) Leave
Allah (God) Raised Moses to Take His Place
Not Eloquent of Speech
More Than One Wife
THE M ISSION
The Children of Israel
Challenged Pharaoh
In the Beginning
Advocated for Separation
Discouraged Intermarriage
Brought Strict Law
Taught What Foods to Eat and to Not Eat
Three-Year Economic Savings Program
Called the Children of Israel a Nation
Among the Nation for 40 Years
Manna From Heaven
Moses Teachings Discarded
THE HELP
Moses Prayed for Help
Aaron Was Sent to Help
Domestic Life Criticized By Spokesman

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 Anointed Aaron in Front of the Children of Israel
Moses was as God to Aaron
THE POINTS
THE M OST HONORABLE ELIJAH M UHAMMAD
THE M AN
Background
Plot to Kill the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Met Allah (God) From Arabia
Met with Master Fard Muhammad Face-to-face
He Saw Master Fard Muhammad Leave
Raised to Take Master Fard Muhammads Place
Broken English
More Than One Wife
THE M ISSION
The Real Children of Israel
Challenged the Presidents of the United States
Creation
Separate and be Saved
Discouraged Intermarriage
The Restrictive Laws
How to Eat to Live
Three Year Economic Savings Program
The Nation of Islam
1935 1975
The Teachings
The Teachings Discarded
THE HELP
Prayed For Help
Allah (God) Sent The Charmer
Domestic Life Criticized By Malcolm X
Anointed His Spokesperson in Front of the Nation
A God to His Spokesperson
THE PARALLELS
HIS WORKS B EAR WITNESS OF HIM
THE PROMISED LAND
WHEN PROPHECY IS FULFILLED
THE COVENANT
AMERICA: THE PROPHETIC PROMISED LAND
EPILOGUE: FROM MESSENGER TO MESSIAH
B IBLIOGRAPHY

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Acknowledgments
The first acknowledgment is to Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad, the
Founding Father of the Nation of Islam. Were it not for Him coming to seek and to save that which was
lost by making Himself known to Black people in Detroit, Michigan, on July 4, 1930, and beginning the
process of the mental, spiritual, and moral resurrection of Black people with a word, then absolutely
nothing that is written in this book would be possible.
The second acknowledgment is to His Spiritual Son, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who
we believe is alive, well, and sitting at the right hand of Master Fard Muhammad. Were it not for him
standing and remaining steadfast on the knowledge and wisdom given to him by his Teacher for the 40
years that he was among us and Allah (God) blessing him to grow and expand the budding Nation of
Islam, then little to nothing would be known of Master Fard Muhammad.
The third acknowledgment is to the one who is filled with the Spirit of Truth, the Honorable
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Minister Louis Farrakhan. Were it not for his love for and faith in Master Fard Muhammad and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, which guided him to re-establish the name and word of his teacher and to
rebuild the Nation of Islam, then I would not have attended my first Saviours Day address in 1994; I
would not have heard the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and I would not be a
Muslim follower in the Nation of Islam to this day. Thus, I would not have been blessed to see the
significant correlation of these three men with the scriptures of the Bible and Holy Quran.
Next I would like to acknowledge my mother, Ms. Hattie L. Lucas-Power. My mothers
background is in Library Science so she instilled in my siblings and I a strong desire to read and learn. She
served as the director of the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library located on 95th and Halsted in Chicago,
Illinois, for 17 years. During that time, that library was the largest public library on the south side of
Chicago. There were times when she was unable to secure a babysitter for us so she would take us to
the library with her. When we went to the library everyone knew we were the directors kids so we
had free reign of practically the entire building. I can distinctly remember sitting on the floor in the stacks
of books reading. No doubt such experiences prompted a love for reading and studying, which served as a
foundation for reading and studying scriptures.
She also exposed us to puzzles. I am sure she was just trying to find something to keep us busy.
I, more than my brother and sisters, took a strong liking to puzzles. As a young boy, I loved the challenge
of a 1,000 piece puzzle. I put dozens of puzzles together, which my dad would glue so the puzzles would
stay in place after I put them together. To become good at putting puzzles together you have to begin
seeing the bigger picture, then grouping similar pieces, and then organizing the similar pieces until they
begin to fit together. When these pieces are coupled with other similar pieces, the bigger picture begins to
come into view. So it is with scriptures.
I thank my dad, Berve Power, Sr., for helping to provide the basic needs of the family so that the
children did not want for anything. I thank my siblings Bertina, Harold, and Hatia for all of our fun, painful,
and adventurous childhood experiences that contributed to our growth and development.
A special thanks to my wife and childhood sweetheart, Tameka, for all the years of companionship
and for being the mother of our two blessings, Berve III and Sajidah.
I would also like to thank all the Believers in the Nation of Islam, particularly those from Mosque
15, who supported and protected me in my early days in the Nation of Islam. That support and protection
allowed me enough time to grow and take root in this new way of life. Lastly, I would like to thank all
those who had something to do with the development of this book, Sis. Nadiyah Muhammad, Sis. Mary
Muhammad, and Dr. Khalilah Muhammad of Chicago, IL, Sis. Timeka Muhammad of Atlanta, GA, and
Sis. Rashida Muhammad of Dayton, OH, for their vigorous proofreading, Bro. Timothy Muhammad for

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overseeing the printing of this book, and to Colors&Tools for the captivating cover design.
Thank you all!

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Prologue: Why Write This Book?
One may ask the question, Why write a book called, Moses: A Sign of the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad? Such a book had to be written because there is more to the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad than meets the eye.
Nearly every Christian in the world is waiting on the return of Jesus the Messiah. Nearly every
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Muslim in the world is waiting on the coming of the Mahdi. Nearly every Jew in the world is waiting on
the return of Elijah. What if a man or men have come into the world that fulfill aspects of the return of the
Messiah, the coming of the Mahdi, and the return of Elijah, but the world has perceived him not? This
book makes a case for what the world has perceived not.
It is interesting to read about the degree of factionalism in Christian theology, in particular. Each
faction, and there are many, have their perspective on who Jesus was and is. One group makes the
compelling case for the validity of the synoptic gospels while another makes a compelling case for the
validity of the lost gospels such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mark, and even the Gospel of
Mary.
Some maintain that the Bible has been tampered with and altered; therefore, the authenticity of
the Bible has been compromised, while other factions maintain that the Bible, in its current form, contains
the infallible word of God (Allah).
Some maintain that several of the early Christian faith traditions were merged with paganism to
make the faith acceptable in the broader community at that time, while others attempt to maintain that
pagan rituals did not influence certain Christian faith traditions. There will likely be no end to these types
of debates anytime soon.
While these debates rage on, the questions should be asked: Was not the Supreme Being able to
see that some people along the way wittingly or unwittingly would negatively affect the pure
presentation of His word? Would not the Supreme Being be powerful enough to control destiny such that
He could guide people to the truth that remained buried underneath the falsehoods that were added into
the Bible?
To be clear, there is only one Supreme Being. Though He is one, He is called by many names. In
Arabic, He is called Allah; in English, He is called God; in Spanish, He is called Dios; in French, He
is called Dieu; in German, He is called Gott. The fact that the Supreme Being is referred to
differently in various languages does not denote multiple Supreme Beings. There is only one Supreme
Being. So, throughout this book, the one Supreme Being is referenced in both Arabic (Allah) and
English (God).
Throughout time, Allah (God) sent His prophets and apostles for the peoples guides and examples
and through them His mysteries were revealed. Along with the revelation of those mysteries were
prophetic scriptures.
The Old Testament is full of prophetic scriptures. These scriptures foretell of the coming of the
Messiah. Some theologians maintain that the Jesus who lived approximately 2,000 years ago fulfilled
every prophetic scripture, yet Christians are still waiting on the return of the Messiah to deliver them from
this world that is dominated by Satan. If the Jesus who lived 2,000 years ago fulfilled every prophetic
scripture, then there would be no need to wait on his return to lead his people because everything would
have been fulfilled already. So is not the waiting on his return tacitly implying that all the prophetic
scriptures of the Bible have not been fulfilled yet?
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad once said, If you dont know the Messenger, who
brought the message from God, how can you learn the Sender? Youve got to learn the Messenger and his

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message, which he has brought to you all but forcing you to listen to learn the Sender, God Himself.
So, why write this book? This book is written to offer another perspective on the fulfillment of the
Biblical and Quranic prophecies. The Old Testament speaks to significant prophetic scriptures in
relationship to the prophet Moses. This book seeks to make the case that the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad fulfills the prophetic scriptures pertaining to Moses better than any other person who has ever
lived.

Foundation of The Nation

To attempt to understand what is written in this book requires some knowledge of the foundation
upon which the Nation of Islam stands. That foundation is Allah (God), the Supreme Being who came in
the person of Master Fard Muhammad.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that Allah (God) appeared in the person of Master
Fard Muhammad. This means that Allah (God) came and made Himself known in the person of a man
named Master Fard Muhammad.
Is there a basis in the scriptures that Allah (God) would appear and make Himself known to a
particular group of people at a particular moment in time? Yes there is, and it begins in the book of
Genesis.

Allah (God) Would Come After 400 Years of Bondage

In the book of Genesis, there is an account of a people known as the Children of Israel who would
be enslaved and mistreated for 400 hundred years in a land that was not their own. In that account, Allah
(God) said to Abram (Abraham), Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is
not theirs, and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom
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they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Then, in the book of Exodus, Allah (God) said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and
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I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians. Here, the scriptures clearly state that
Allah (God) would come Himself to get His people.
Thus, anyone who believes that the Bible contains the word of God would have to accept that,
at some point, Allah (God) would come after a people who would be enslaved and mistreated for 400
years in a land that was not their own. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that the One who
came who fulfilled those scriptures is Master Fard Muhammad. What in history supports such a position?
This point is discussed in further detail below; however, in the annals of history, there is no greater
atrocity recorded than the enslavement, torture, and murder of millions of Black people from the continent
of Africa beginning in the mid-1500s. Black people were forced into servitude slavery at the hands of
wicked, satanic, avarice, and primarily white slave traders and slave masters for 310 years in America.
During that period of time, after the beatings, the rapings, the lynchings, the torture, the deprivation
of dignity and basic human rights, Black people were reduced from being builders and exporters of
civilization while in Africa to being equal in status and function to the beasts of the field.
Over the course of more than three centuries in such a despicable condition, the collective
memory of the civilized culture, admirable mores, and sublime values of an entire people were erased from
their minds, hearts, and souls.

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 Even after the unjustified servitude slavery ended at the adoption of the 13th Amendment in 1865,
Black people in America continued to suffer at the hands of their former slave masters children through
the advent of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council, through the Black Codes,
which statutorily deprived Black people of basic rights, and through the oppressive hand of Jim Crow
during the period of segregation.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad described the plight of Black people in America when he
said:

For four hundred years the white man swallowed us, (the Black man of America)
up. He did not put us in a hole of the earth but he swallowed us up by keeping
anything like wisdom from coming to us. He set a bound against our own Black
people visiting us in order to prevent them from teaching us anything other than
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what the white man was teaching our Black slave-father.

There was no one strong enough, wise enough, powerful enough to come to aid and raise up a people from
such a deplorable condition, but Allah (God) Himself.
The question to ask is, How would He come? The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that
He would come in the person of a Man.

Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad

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The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that Allah (God) is and has always been a Man.
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He taught that the Spirit of Allah (God) does not exist outside of the physical human body. He taught that
the spirit of Allah (God) is contained within the physical human body and not floating in space somewhere.
Any Christian who maintains that Jesus was the manifestation of God (Allah) on earth understands this
principle. If Jesus was God (Allah) and Jesus was a Man, then God (Allah) is a Man.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, as well as nature, taught that there is no physical human
body that lasts forever. According to the Bible, some people once lived to be more than 900 years old, but
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then their physical body gave way. Thus, no physical body can last forever. This is also true for the
human body that houses the Spirit of Allah (God). Every time the physical body that houses the ultimate
Spirit of Allah (God) wears away, another body is prepared to house that Spirit and another Man becomes
the repository of that Spirit.
In Message to the Blackman, the Messenger of Allah said in numerous places that Allah (God)
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appeared in the person of Master Fard Muhammad. This phrase appears numerous times throughout
this book as well.
He also wrote in Point Number 12 of What the Muslims Believe:

We believe that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard

Muhammad, July, 1930 the long awaited Messiah of the Christians and the
Mahdi of the Muslims. We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and
besides HIM there is no God and He will bring about a universal government of
peace wherein we all can live in peace together.

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When the Messenger began teaching that Allah (God) appeared in the person of Master Fard Muhammad,
he was saying that the Spirit of Allah (God) now dwells in Master Fard Muhammads body. One might
ask, How did that occur?
It all began on February 26, 1877, in the Holy City of Mecca, Arabia when a child was born by the
name of Wallace Fard Muhammad, now known as Master Fard Muhammad. He was born from a Black
father and a white mother. His father knew that his son had a particular destiny to fulfill, so His father
travelled throughout the world in search of the highest forms of knowledge and wisdom anywhere to be
found on the planet. He then brought that knowledge and wisdom back to Mecca to impart it to his son.
Thus, He had to undergo a process to become worthy and qualified to fulfill His destiny.
Master Fard Muhammad was taught for 42 years. Over the course of those 42 years, He grew
exponentially in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. He grew into mastery over Himself and
eventually grew into mastery over the things around Him. As He continued to grow, He became more and
more perfected and eventually grew from a child into a boy, from a boy into a man, and, ultimately, from a
man into the Man in whom the Spirit of the Supreme Being now dwells.
Though it is not sufficient as an example, here is a way to understand this concept: consider that
from the beginning of the Vatican Church, there has always been a pope. There have been 266 men that
have served as the pope as of the date of this writing. Each one of those men went through a process and
was bestowed the title of pope. Each one served a particular length of time and, for various reasons,
the mantle of pope passed onto another man. As the new pope, that man exercised all the power and
authority that comes along with holding the position as the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
In another example, there have been 44 presidents since the beginning of the United States of
America as of the date of this writing. There have been 44 men who carried the title president. Each
man went through a process and was bestowed the title of president. Each man served a particular
length of time and, for one reason or another, the mantle of president passed onto another man. As the
president of the United States, each man has exercised all the power and authority that comes along with
being the chief executive officer of the United States.
So, too, since the beginning of time, as taught by the Messenger, Allah (God) has been a Man but
not the same Man. Whatever that process has been for one Man to take over as Allah (God) from
another Man, it has occurred a countless number of times since Creation. Each Man that became Allah
(God) ruled a particular length of time and, for one reason or another, ceased to serve as Allah (God) and
the mantle of Allah passed onto another Man.
As Allah (God), each Man exercised all the Power and Authority that comes along with being the
Supreme Being and Sovereign of the Universe. Though there have been countless Men that have served
as Allah (God) since the beginning of Creation, the Originator of the universe is the Ever-living because
His Spirit, essence, and genetic make-up has lived on through each Man that became Allah (God) after
Him. The Spirit of the Originator lives on but His physical form did not.
In Message to the Blackman, the Messenger explained this concept when he said:

Well, we all know that there was a God in the beginning that created all these
things and do know that He does not exist today. But we know again that from that
God the person of God continued until today in His people, and today a Supreme
One (God) has appeared among us with the same infinite wisdom to bring about a
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complete change.

Apparently, the physical body of the Originator aged and eventually wore out as it carried that tremendous
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 Another rudimentary example of this process is the light bulb. Light bulbs are physical objects that
express the light electricity produces. Light bulbs, however, wear out over time. To continue to enjoy the
light electricity produces, a new light bulb must be installed.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan (The Minister) teaches that the Spirit of Allah (God) is
like electricity. The origin of electricity is hard to explain, but the reality of it is undeniable. The Spirit of
Allah (God) before the coming of Master Fard Muhammad was impossible to explain, but the reality of
Allah (God) was undeniable. The Spirit of Allah (God) is magnificent and glorious, but that Spirit needs a
body to give it full expression. Thus, the repository of that Spirit has changed over and over again until
today wherein that Spirit now resides in a Man named Master Fard Muhammad.
On this point, the Minister once said:

So we recognize the grave as just a place for the physical body to reside after the
energy of life has worn it out. Im going to say that again after the energy of life
has worn the body out. Its like a wire that we put in to convey electricity. The
better the conductor, the more energy it can bring and the longer it will lastSo the
energy of life is so powerful meaning the spirit that ultimately just by living the
energy of life wears this (the body) down. So at some point in time this gives out
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but the energy? It just goes on.

A person can doubt this as the process in which Allah (God) exists. That same person, however, should
look around to see Allah (God)s creation and see how life perpetuates itself. As long as generations
continue in a family, there will always be a new father coming into being. As long as the universe
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continues, there will always be, at some point, a new Allah (God) coming into being. Maybe that is
why the book of John 4:24 says that, God is a spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit
and truth. Allah (God) is a Spirit that has existed from the beginning of Creation and that is why He is
called the Ever-living. That Spirit, however, has always existed and expressed itself in the physical form
of a Man.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan once said, Master Fard Muhammad is not the
Originator of the heavens and the earth, but He is The Best Knower among all of the nearly 6 billion on
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the planet. He also said on this point:

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that Master Fard Muhammad, the Man
Who Saviours' Day in the Nation of Islam honors, studied 42 years to deliver us.
We were never told all that He studied, but in order to deliver us from the powerful
hands of those who oppress us, He first had to study the enemy that would work to
prevent us from being taken. And then, He would have to study the means and the
method by which He would bring the power of the enemy to nothing.
So Isaiah the prophet said, Comfort ye, comfort ye my people I want you
to know that it is you, in this time of our distress, whom God is going to comfort,
because a Comforter has come to take us out of the distress of our 450 years of
suffering under the oppressive hand of an open enemy. And this One who has
come, according to the scriptures, He came alone because there was none to help
Him. So the scriptures taught that His own right arm, it upheld Him.
This Man, Master Fard Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad said of Him that He
came to us from the Holy City of Mecca, in Arabia. He was born February 26,
1877Master Fard Muhammad was made from Black and White so that He could

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slip in among us undetected, as the Bible teaches He would come as a thief in the
night. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said of this Man that He is a world
traveler who had visited every inhabited part of our planet. He spoke 16 different
languages, and wrote 10.
In the book of Isaiah, Chapter 40, the questions are asked: Who else has held
the oceans in his hand? Who has measured the heavens in his fingers? Who else
knows the weight of the Earth, or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?
(Isaiah 40:12) What kind of Man is this who came among us? Master Fard
Muhammad told us that the total area of land and water of the planet Earth is
196,940,000 square miles; that the circumference of our Planet is 24,896 miles; that
the diameter of our Planet is 7,926 miles; that the Land is 57,255,000 square miles;
the Water is 139,685,000 square miles. The Atlantic Ocean covers 41,321,000
square miles; the Pacific Ocean covers 68,634,000 square miles; the Indian Ocean
covers 29,430,000 square miles; the Lakes and the Rivers cover 1,000,000 square
miles. The Hills and Mountains cover 14,000,000 square miles; the Islands are
1,910,000 square miles; the Deserts are 4,861,000 square miles. Mount Everest is
29,141 feet high; the Producing Land is 29,000,000 square miles, and that the Earth
weighs six sextillion tons, the unit 6 followed by 21 zeroes.
Master Fard Muhammad taught us the diameter of the Sun: 853,000 miles. He
taught us the diameter of our Universe: 76 quintillion miles. He taught us the speed
of thought: 24 billion miles per second. He weighed the water of Lake Michigan.
This is a God coming after a people that need a God to save them! This is He
who came. This is the Son of Man that the world has been looking for.
He came from the East to the West, as it was written for wheresoever the
carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. (Matthew 4:28) He had
Power, as the book of Habakkuk prophesies: His brightness was as the light; He
had horns coming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of His Power.
(Habakuk 3:4) Think about a God so angry at the condition of His people, and the
misuse of the power of the oppressor against His people, that His own fury upheld
Him. His own fury kept him going!
The Bible teaches He had for a long time held His peace, but now He would
cry out like a woman in travail; (Isaiah 42:14) and Isaiah saw Him treading the
winepress alone (Isaiah 63:3), His garments stained with the blood of His and our
enemies. Yes. That is The One I represent today. That is why we have no fear of
the power of these little babies in comparison to the Power that has made Itself
known in North America, and now throughout the world!
Let me make you acquainted with Him: He comes as a thief in the night.
(Revelation 16:15) He comes to spoil the goods of the strong man. (Matthew
12:29; Mark 3:27) The One that has come has come to destroy this present world
and burn it with unquenchable fire. The Bible teaches in Malachi 4:1, For, behold,
the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do
wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the
LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.This is the time
of the destruction of the enemies of God, the enemies of peace, and the enemy of a
righteous civilization.
Master Fard Muhammad has unlimited power to heal, to regenerate the Earth,
and purify it from the stench of the wicked who have poisoned the Earth, the

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family.

The process that Master Fard Muhammad underwent to become Allah (God) also helped to prepare Him
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for His mission. His mission was to seek and to save that which was lost. Who were the lost that
Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad had to seek and to save? The Messenger of
Allah (God) taught that those lost ones were and are the Black man and woman of North America, and
at the divinely appointed time, He would come.
According to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad first entered
America in 1910; and from 1910-1930, He moved quietly in and out of America. What was Master Fard
Muhammad doing in America for 20 years before He met the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and
manifested Himself to us in 1930? He went in and out of institutions of higher learning. He met many
scholars and scientists. He met with people in many different fields of science, religionand influenced
their thinking! He was learning who might be able to be used to bring about an effect in America that
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would fulfill His Will! At the end of those 20 years, He began the next phase of His mission. That
mission included the mental, moral, and spiritual resurrection of Black people.
So, on July 4, 1930, Master Fard Muhammad made Himself known to Black people in Detroit,
Michigan. Making Himself known means that He began to actively interact with Black people in Detroit.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that He first presented Himself to Black people as a silk
salesman. He would knock on the door and show the women, in particular, silk scarves that He said were
for sale. After He gained their attention with the silk scarves, He would begin saying things that the
people had never heard of before and this got their attention more than the silks. As He continued along
that path, more and more people came to hear what this Man from the East had to say. As He began to
teach, people immediately became His followers. Some of those followers began to take on official roles in
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helping to manage the growing community known then as Allahs Temple of Islam. Those who helped
in such capacities were called laborers. Thus, the next phase began, which was the teaching of the
Supreme Wisdom that He possessed and gaining followers. This marked the birth of the Nation of Islam.
The more He taught, the more the word spread about Him. Soon there were thousands of Black
people flocking to hear Him speak. Every time He spoke He showered the people with the wisdom that
fell from His mouth like rain from the clouds. He was not teaching for fame. He taught out of the love
He had for the people and out of a longing to see them free, justified, and equal with all mankind.
After finding the people He was looking for, He then began looking for the one. He was looking
for the right man that He could mold into an example of what could happen for any Black person that
would accept what He was teaching and who carried it into practice. Master Fard Muhammad was
working in Detroit cultivating the neglected minds of downtrodden Black people for 15 months prior to
finding the one. That search ended in 1931.

The Messenger of Allah (God)

One day in 1931, while in Detroit, Michigan, a man by the name of Elijah Poole was having a
conversation with his brother, Charlie. His brother mentioned to him that there was a light-skinned man
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from the East who was teaching Black people about Islam. At that time, the Man from the East went

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by the name of W.D. Fard. Interested in what his brother told him, Elijah Poole decided to go hear for
himself what this Man from the East had to say.
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On September 22, 1931, Elijah Poole attended the meeting for the first time. As he listened to
Master Fard Muhammad teach, he began to reflect on all the scriptures that he studied as a child. He
began to reflect on all the sermons that he heard from his fathers and grandfathers fiery pulpit.
Undoubtedly, his soul began to stir and sirens began to sound within his spirit as he reflected on those
scriptures and those sermons. Being the son and grandson of Baptist preachers, as well as being an avid
reader of the Bible, he was keenly aware that there would come a time when Allah (God) would reveal
Himself to His people. By the time Master Fard Muhammad finished teaching that night, Elijah Poole was
no doubt a raging inferno of emotions. He knew that he was looking at the Word made flesh and that
Word was dwelling among men. He was looking at Allah (God) in the person of a man.
In Message to the Blackman, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad recounts his first interaction
with Master Fard Muhammad after Master Fard Muhammad had just completed his lecture. He said of
their first meeting:

I asked him, Who are you, and what is your real name? He said, I am the one
that the world has been expecting for the past 2,000 years. I said to Him again,
What is your name? He said, My name is Mahdi; I am God, I came to guide you
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into the right path that you may be successful and see the hereafter.

At that moment, Elijah Pooles life changed forever. In October of 1931, Elijah Poole, who later became
known as Elijah Karriem, then eventually Elijah Muhammad, became the personal project and student of
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Master Fard Muhammad. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said of his tutelage under Master
Fard Muhammad:

God came to me in 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. He taught me for three years

and four months in person. I was not dreaming. I was looking at Him in person for
three years and four months. He taught me night and day. I used to be glad to get
a little sleep. When He would tell me: I will be back, I would say: sheesh, I hope
He will be long enough for me to get a little sleep. And He taught me what you
hear me teach you three years, night and day. I dont think I would be wise to
say that I taught myself and I taught you thus and thus; no. He taught me thus and
thus.
I didnt know nothing. I didnt know my name. What I was calling myself, it
was the white mans name. So whatever you hear me say here this afternoon, it
came from His mouth in the way of divine. Whenever you hear me talk other
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than that, well, thats me, that was me but divine, it came from Him.

At the end of those three years and four months of personal instruction, both men knew something more
about each other than when their interaction began. Master Fard Muhammad knew that He had
sufficiently taught His chief student so well that He could leave and know that the word and the mission
would be secure in His student. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad knew that he had just met face-
to-face with Allah (God).
Just before His departure, Master Fard Muhammad appointed the Most Honorable Elijah

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Muhammad to lead the Nation of Islam in His absence. His chief student accepted that assignment and
began doing the will of his spiritual Father, Master Fard Muhammad. He had the awesome assignment of
continuing what his Teacher started, which was the mental, spiritual, and moral resurrection of the Black
man and woman in North America. He took that message all across America, in particular, and became
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known as the Messenger of Allah (God).
The Messenger always reminded the people of the One who gave him the message. He
constantly told those who listened to him that Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad gave
him the message to give to them, so there was no confusion as to whose message he was speaking.
Thus, there would be no Nation of Islam, there would be no Messenger of Allah (God), and there
would be no Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan were it not for one Man, Master Fard Muhammad. He
is the foundation upon which the Nation of Islam was built and He is the foundation upon which a
universal government of peace will eventually be established.

In the Volume of the Book

The book of Psalm in the Bible is said to be the songs or hymns of David. Not every scholar
agrees that every psalm was written by or written for David. There is one Psalm, in particular, most
scholars agree was not in reference to the historical David at all, but was actually speaking of one who
would come in the future. That psalm is found in the 40th chapter. There it reads, Lo, I come: in the
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volume of the book it is written of me. Many maintain that this statement is actually in reference to the
coming of the Messiah.
The book that is referred to is believed to be the Bible itself. The Bible, however, was not in
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existence in its present form during the time of David. David lived approximately 1,000 B.C.E. The
Bible, which is currently used by millions of Christians around the world, was not compiled until more than
1,000 years after David. If it is true that the book referred to in the 40th chapter of Psalm is the Bible,
then clearly the one the scripture was referring to in the volume of the book would have to come more
than 1,000 years after that scripture was written.
Assuming that the scripture is referring to the coming of the Messiah, what could it mean when it
says He comes in the volume of the book? The common Bible is comprised of 66 books, which contains
the stories and prophecies of both major and minor prophets. In reading about the prophets, a person
would learn about each prophets trials and triumphs, his struggles and his strengths, his flaws and his
flock. So when the scripture says He comes in the volume of the book, it could mean the history of the
Messiah that was to come would be foretold in the lives of the prophets. Thus, the lives of certain
prophets would serve as a sign of the coming Messiah. So, he comes in the volume of the book by
having his story told thousands of years in advance through the lives of various prophets and the
prophecies they brought.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated this position over 40 years ago. He said of that
scripture, [In] the volume of the book he comes. You cant single out a single book for him if he comes in
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the volume of the book. Why? He answers himself: Because they are written of me.
So, how will one know when the Messiah is present? One will know when the Messiah is present
because that mans life gives life to scriptures in various books of the Bible that have lain dormant for
thousands of years. Dormant does not mean the scriptures were not inspirational. To the contrary, they

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are quite inspirational. Dormant, here, means the inspirational scriptures contained a deeper meaning,
which could not have been unearthed until the people had the life of a man to compare certain scriptures
to. When that man comes and his life mirrors what was written in the scriptures, then that mans life has
given life to those scriptures.
It should be noted that it is not possible for a man who comes in the volume of the book, and
who is the prophetic fulfillment of scripture, to walk through every aspect of every prophets life. Each
prophet performed unique works among the people. Some assignments were similar to each other and
some were vastly different. In addition, the prophets in both the Bible and Holy Quran lived to be
different ages. So the one who would come in the volume of the book could not mirror that aspect of
every prophets life. He could live for a shorter period of time or he could outlive that particular prophet.
The focus, here, is to understand that the man who comes in the volume of the book will have significant
aspects of his life that will be similar to significant aspects in the lives of multiple prophets.
Thus, the scriptures give a sign of what to look for to find the man or men who were to come in
the volume of the book.

A Sign is Only a Sign

Allah (God) says in the Holy Quran, Surely in the heavens and the earth are signs for
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believers. The title of this book is called, Moses: A Sign of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
What is a sign? The word sign is defined as any object, action, event, or pattern that conveys a
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meaning. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has said that, a sign is pointing towards something
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greater than itself but it itself is not the thing.
This concept is best illustrated in an example. If a person has an address that he is trying to get
to, then street signs will help him or her get to that address. The first sign that person comes to on a
journey will let that person know if he or she is moving in the right direction. Once the first sign indicates
the person is, in fact, headed in the right direction, then each subsequent sign encountered further
reinforces the belief that he or she is on the right road to reach the ultimate destination. Each subsequent
sign increases that persons confidence and faith that it is only a matter of time before that person reaches
the desired destination. The sign is not the destination. It is a guide to the destination. To stop at the sign
before ever reaching the destination is to abort the journey before it is completed.

Historical vs. Prophetic

The Bible is considered the book of the Christian faith and the Holy Quran is considered the book
of the Islamic faith. A question could be asked here is: Are the Bible and the Holy Quran history books
or books of prophesy?
Some scriptures contained in both books were historical and some were prophetic. This book,
however, does not seek to differentiate the two. Whether they are historical or prophetic, they should not
be viewed as the final destination of the faithful follower on his or her journey toward identifying the
Messiah for Christians and the Mahdi for Muslims. They should serve as signs along the highway on the
journey of identifying the man or men that would come in the future that would fulfill those scriptures.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard

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Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught him when the Christian scholars compiled the Bible,
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it was a little more than one-third historical and nearly two-thirds prophetic. That means a little more
than one-third of what is found in the Bible at that time had already occurred in history and nearly two-
thirds had yet to occur and served as signs of what would come at some point in the future.
The Holy Quran has a component of prophecy as well. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
heard the Messenger of Allah (God) speak in this regard about the Holy Quran:

[T]wo thirds of Quran were for him and one third was for some other man, and I
would let that other man worry about his part. Well, he said the book that the
Saviour gave him was the Quran, but two thirds of it, which deals with faith, that
would be established before he departed. But the other third would be established
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under his guidance from another place in which he would be.

If scriptures had to be fulfilled, then those scriptures were prophetic as opposed to historical. This is
significant because if the Holy Quran and Bible were read as purely historical documents, then the reader
would not be looking for the fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures. To have the understanding that more
than half the Bible and a certain portion of the Holy Quran were written in advance of certain events
actually occurring should put the reader of the scriptures in the posture of a student who is looking for the
fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures.
This is not to say scriptures can only be one or the other, meaning they are either historical in that
they occurred in the past or that they are prophetic in that they had not yet occurred. There may be some
events that actually occurred in the past that still serve as signs of things to occur in the future; thus, such
events would be both historical and prophetic.
Equally so, there could be individuals written of in the books who did actually live thousands of
years ago, but they still serve as signs of individuals who would come at some point in the future. Once
again, this book does not seek to determine which scriptures and prophets were historical as opposed to
prophetic. This book simply takes what is written in both books and uses those scriptures from the
perspective that they were pointing to something and/or someone in the future. Even Jesus was aware that
some scriptures were prophetic and would serve as a sign of things to come in the future because he
asked his followers, Who do people say I am?

Who Do People Say I Am?

One day while interacting with his disciples, Jesus asked them a simple, yet deep, question. He
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asked them, Who do people say I am? Why would Jesus ask such a question? Maybe it was
because the people of his day were marveling at his works, which left them wondering who he was; or,
Jesus may have known that some of the people who were marveling at his works knew the scriptures and
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were looking for a man to come that would fulfill certain scriptures.
In response to his question, the disciples answered by saying, Some say John the Baptist; others say
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Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets. Apparently, those that saw him as one of those prophets
were either looking for the scriptures to be fulfilled or, from their perspective, the works that Jesus was
performing were so similar to what was already written that it was as if one of the old prophets had come

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alive again. Clearly, the people were trying to draw parallels between Jesus and what was written in the
scriptures regarding other prophets.
The significance of drawing parallels between a historical man and a modern-day man is to try
and identify the man who is the actual final destination of certain prophetic scriptures. Some people
argue that Jesus fulfilled all the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament. A review of the scriptures in
comparison with Jesus life and works will bear witness to the accuracy or inaccuracy of such a belief.
Such a statement cannot be supported without a careful review of the scriptures first.
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On this point, Jesus is recorded as saying, Ye do err because you do not know the scriptures.
Jesus told those with him that the mistakes they were making and the misperceptions they had were based
on a lack of knowledge of what the scriptures actually said and meant. If not knowing the scriptures is to
err, then to know the scriptures is to have a chance at being right. It is a chance at correctly
recognizing a servant of Allah (God) when he is among the people. A servant of Allah (God) will not
necessarily be known by what others say about him, but by what his works say about him.

The Works That I DoBear Witness of Me

A common saying is, actions speak louder than words. Jesus illustrated this principle in the
parable of a man with two sons. In the parable, the man asked one of his sons to go work in the vineyard
that day. That son told him he would not, but later he repented and worked in the vineyard. The man
asked the second son to go work in the vineyard and the second son told his father that he would go, but
broke his word and did not go. Jesus then asked his disciples the following question, Which of the two did
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the will of his father? The disciples responded that the first one did the will of his father because he
actually did the work in the vineyard while the other son did not.
Jesus did not respond to the disciples answer, but, presumably, they got it right. Maybe Jesus was
trying to show his disciples through a parable that it is not what a person says, but it is what a person does
that shows if he is about his fathers business. Jesus knew this all too well. He was among his disciples
and among the people of his day performing amazing feats, yet the people did not believe he was the Son
of God (Allah). Jesus even tried to get the people to focus on his works as opposed to focusing on his
words because he was bearing witness to who he was by his actions.
In the book of John, he said, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they
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bear witness of me. Jesus went on to say, If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I
do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me,
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and I in him.
Lastly on this point, Jesus said, Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else
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believe me for the very works' sake.
Jesus tried to make this point clear. Seemingly he wanted to get the people to understand that a
mans works and actions will give you an indication of who that man is. He was trying to get the people to
abandon the thoughts of doubt and disbelief they harbored about him in the face of his actions, which
clearly showed Allah (God) was with him and he was coming in his Fathers name.
Jesus not only lived by that principle, but he encouraged his disciples to live by that principle as
well. In the book of Matthew, Jesus is credited with saying, Let your light so shine before men, that they
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may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. With this statement, Jesus tried to get his

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disciples to understand that it did not matter how much they professed with their lips that they were with
him, it would be their works or their actions that would bring more glory to their Father in heaven.
On this same point, it is written in the Holy Quran, And say, Work; so Allah will see your work
and (so will) His Messenger and the believers. And you will be brought back to the Knower of the unseen
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and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did. The point here is that a persons works will
speak for that person.
The people of Jesus day were no different than the people of today. People today can see a man
performing a marvelous work and, yet, deny the divinity in that man due to doubt and disbelief. To doubt
and to disbelieve in the face of actions that are sure and believable is practically sinful because Almighty
Allah (God) sends prophets and apostles for the peoples guide and example and through them His
mysteries would be revealed; and those who follow His apostles would see the light. A divine man is a gift
from Allah (God). To not follow a man whose works bear witness that he is from Allah (God) would be to
deny Allah (God) Himself.

One Raised Like Moses

The book of Deuteronomy speaks of a man named Moses. Moses is arguably the most significant
figure in the Old Testament and he is mentioned more times in the Holy Quran than any other prophet.
His significance and importance in the eyes of Allah (God) cannot be overstated.
Moses led a group of people known as the Children of Israel. At one point, Moses told his people,
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;
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unto him ye shall hearken[.] In that scripture, Moses directed the Children of Israel to look for
someone that would be like him and when they find that one, they should listen to him and follow him.
Just a few scriptures later Allah (God) told Moses practically the same thing when He said: I will
raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and
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he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
After Allah (God) said He would raise one like Moses, the scripture goes on to say, And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will
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require it of him. Therefore, it is not sufficient just to hear him, but one must obey him.
Allah (God)s declaration that He would raise one like Moses was practically an instruction to
anyone who would claim to be a child of His. That instruction is to learn what there is to know about the
historical Moses. After learning about Moses, the next thing to do is to look for a man whose life and
works bear a striking parallel to what the scriptures say of Moses. Once such a man is found, it is not
sufficient to just learn of him, but if a person wants the favor and blessings of Allah (God) on him or her,
then that person should be found following and helping that man.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one up like unto Moses, then evidently Moses and that
which was written of Moses was to serve as a sign of what was to come. When those things come to
pass in the life and works of another man, it would be as if Moses were alive again. It would be as the
second coming of Moses and the fulfillment of those prophetic scriptures.
Some people take the position that the one who fulfilled those scriptures of one coming like unto
Moses was the Jesus that lived 2,000 years ago. Since the one whom Moses and Allah (God) said would
come after him would be like him, then the question is how closely did Jesus life parallel that of the
historical Moses?

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 This book asks a similar but different question: Is it possible the one who fulfills the scriptures of
one being raised like Moses is the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad?
Such questions can only be properly answered after first knowing certain aspects of Moses life
and works. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said it like this, To understand the present, we must
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learn of the past. Some of the past can be learned through scripture. Armed with the knowledge of
the past provides the opportunity to see whether significant parallels exists in the present. If significant
parallels exist in the present, then it is likely that the prophetic scriptures have been fulfilled.
This book does not attempt to distinguish which events written in the Bible or Holy Quran were
actual historical events or were prophetic scriptures. This book first looks at the life and mission of Moses
and the events that were written of him in the Bible and the Holy Quran. This book then looks at the life
and mission of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to show the striking and undeniable parallels
between these two men. By drawing these parallels, this book seeks to establish that Moses was a sign of
the coming of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Put another way, this books seeks to establish that
the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad is the fulfillment of Allah (God)s declaration that He would raise
one like unto Moses.

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PART I THE PAST

MOSES

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Background

Arguably, the most significant figure in the entire Old Testament is Moses; hence, more pages and
books of the Old Testament refer to Moses than any other person. A logical question to ask is, Who was
Moses and what do the scriptures say about him? Well, Moses was born approximately 4,000 years
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ago. His fathers name was Amran and his mothers name was Jochebed. Moses, according to the
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scriptures, had a brother named Aaron and a sister named Miriam.
Moses was born in Egypt. At the time of his birth, a new Pharaoh came into power over Egypt.
That Pharaoh was insecure and became concerned at the growing numbers and the growing strength of
the Children of Israel. Pharaoh then said unto his people, Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they
multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight
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against us, and so get them up out of the land.
One of the ways Pharaoh dealt wisely with the Children of Israel was to devise a plan to kill all
the male babies. To execute that plan, Pharaoh summoned all the Hebrew midwives who helped to give
birth to the Hebrew babies in Egypt and ordered them to kill all the male babies of the Children of Israel,
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but to spare the female babies. The Hebrew midwives, who feared Allah (God) more than they feared
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Pharaoh, refused to commit such an atrocity. The brave Hebrew midwives disobeyed Pharaoh, saved
the male babies, and Allah (God) blessed them for that.
Since the midwives would not kill the babies at birth, Pharaoh issued a decree to all the citizens of
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Egypt that they were to kill their own baby if it was a boy, but they could save their baby if it was a girl.
Such a decree would have been unthinkable for any mother or father that loved their child and it was no
different for Moses parents. Moses mother gave birth to him after Pharaoh issued that decree. She and
Moses father were resolved to disobey the decree to kill their own child. In disobeying the law, Moses
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parents hid him for three months. As he grew older, however, it became increasingly harder to hide him.
Jochebed could not bear the thought of killing her own son.
Faced with this dilemma, Moses mother was determined to give her son a chance at life even if it
meant her death. Little did she know that by defying Pharaoh and refusing to kill her offspring, her son
would grow up to be one of the most consequential men ever born from among the Children of Israel.
With that resolve in mind, Jochebed still had to develop a way to give Moses a chance at life. She
came up with a plan to make a small craft out of twigs and brush that her son could lay upon. She then put
Moses onto it and laid the craft upon the river. This served as a floatation device as he drifted down the
calm, easy-going river.
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According to the scriptures, she did just that. She made the craft out of twigs and brush. She
then gently and lovingly placed Moses in it. Undoubtedly, this was heart-wrenching for her. It would have
been practically unbearable for her to separate from her child under such circumstances, but it would have
been more unbearable to consider killing him. So she chose the lesser of the two evils.
After setting Moses on the craft in the calm waters of the Nile River and with a slight push,
Moses began drifting down the river. He may have been going away from his mothers body, but he was
coming ever closer to her heart. Even though she knew she could no longer care for him, she instructed
his sister, Miriam, to walk along the bank of the river to watch over him as he drifted down the river.
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a baby, she knew that it was a Hebrew boy. Even though Hebrew boys were under the decree of
death, Pharaohs daughter wanted to keep the baby anyway. Moses quick-witted sister, who was still
observing Moses from the bank of the river, stepped in and asked Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and call
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a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? Pharaohs daughter
said yes. Miriam then went and got her mother to be the nurse for her own child. Thanks to Miriams
swift thinking, mother and child were reunited. Jochebeds faith in Allah (God) that He would protect her
child was rewarded by their reunion.
As Jochebed nursed baby Moses, he began to grow like any other child. When the time for
nursing passed, Jochebed took her son back to Pharaohs daughter who then took him in as her own son
and it was actually Pharaohs daughter that named him Moses. She said she called him Moses because I
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drew him out of the water. Pharaohs daughter then took Moses home and reared him in the house of
Pharaoh. This is how Moses life was spared.

Plot to Kill Moses

Neither the Bible nor the Holy Quran mentions anything about Moses life growing up in
Pharaohs house. His life picks up in the scriptures as a grown man. The Bible says that one day Moses
was walking about when he saw an Egyptian striking one of his Hebrew brethren. After noticing no one
was around, Moses struck the Egyptian and actually killed him. Once he realized the man was dead, he
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buried him in the sand.
The next day Moses was out walking about and saw two Hebrews fighting. He saw one strike the
other and he said to the aggressor, Why are you striking your companion? Then he said, Who made
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you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?
Moses became nervous that the word was out that he, being a Hebrew, killed an Egyptian. He
knew if Pharaoh found out about it, Pharaoh would have him killed. That concern was a legitimate one
because Pharaoh did find out and Pharaoh did seek to have Moses killed. Pharaoh sent his guards after
Moses to apprehend and kill him. Moses, with the guards in hot pursuit, hastily fled Egypt and traveled
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east to Midian, which is present-day Saudi Arabia.
This same account is also written in the Holy Quran. There it says that when Moses came upon
the man he helped just the day before because he was crying out for help, the man said to Moses:

O Moses, dost thou intend to kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday? Thou
only desirest to be a tyrant in the land, and thou desirest not to be of those who act
aright. And a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said: O
Moses, the chiefs are consulting together to slay thee, so depart (at once); surely I
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am of those who wish thee well.

Thus, both the Bible and the Holy Quran indicate that Moses fled to Midian due to others attempting to
kill him. Midian is where he started the first phase of his mission.

The Point: There was a plot to kill Moses just as he was about to begin his

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 mission of leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt. Thus, the prophetic Moses
whom the historical Moses was a sign of would likely have others trying to kill
him as he began his mission of leading his people.

When Moses left Egypt for Midian, he had no idea where such a journey would take him, but he
would soon find out. It was in Midian where the trajectory of Moses life changed forever.

Met Allah (God) in Arabia

Arguably, the most significant thing in Moses life happened while he was in Midian when he
began to communicate directly with Allah (God). According to the scriptures, Moses had multiple
occasions to speak with and hear from Allah (God) directly. The first occasion happened in the story of
the burning bush.
While in Midian, according to the Bible, Moses came upon a well during his travels and had a seat.
While sitting at the well he saw seven young ladies, who were sisters, bring their fathers flock to water
them at a trough. While doing so, some male shepherds came along and shooed them away because they
wanted to water their flock. Moses, being a courageous and just man, saw this as an injustice and went to
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the ladies, secured their fathers flock, and took them back to be watered. Apparently, women had to
wait to water their flock if a male shepherd came along to water his.
When the sisters returned home early, their father who was the priest of Midian inquired as to
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their early return. They informed him that, [a]n Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds,
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and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock. After hearing of that act of compassion,
the Midian priest asked his daughters to return and ask the man to come to his home for something to eat.
They did so and Moses accompanied them back to their home to meet their father. After meeting their
father, Moses was content to live with the man and as a sign of his gratitude, the Midian priest offered
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his daughter Zipporah as a wife for Moses. Moses accepted the offering and married Zipporah.
Zipporah then bore him a son who he named Gershom, which, according to the scripture, meant, I have
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been a stranger in a foreign land.
One day, while tending to his father-in-laws flock, Moses saw a burning bush. He noticed,
however, that the fire did not consume the bush. From the fire, the scriptures say that Moses saw an angel
of the Lord and heard the voice of Allah (God) coming from that bush.
In the book of Exodus it reads:

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian.
And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of
God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst
of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush
was not consumed. Then Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great
sight, why the bush does not burn. So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to
look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses! And
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he said, Here I am.

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When he saw a fire, he said to his people: Stay, I see a fire; haply I may bring to
you therefrom a live coal or find guidance at the fire. So when he came to it, a
voice came: O Moses, Surely I am thy Lord, so take off thy shoes; surely thou art
in the sacred valley Tuwa. And I have chosen thee so listen to what is revealed:
Surely I am Allah, there is no God but I, so serve Me, and keep up prayer for My
remembrance, Surely the Hour is coming I am about to make it manifest so
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that every soul may be rewarded as it strives.

Thus, a similar account of Moses meeting with Allah (God) is given in both the Bible and the Holy Quran.

The Point: Moses first encounter with Allah (God) was in Midian (Saudi Arabia).
Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would
likely meet with Allah (God) and there would be some connection between Allah
(God) and Saudi Arabia.

The meaning of Moses seeing Allah (God) in the midst of a burning bush is debatable because
any bush that is on fire will be consumed by that fire. There are other accounts, however, of Moses
speaking with Allah (God) that are more descriptive and more definitive. These other accounts begin to
demystify what it means to say that Moses met with Allah (God) and puts it in common, everyday
language that removes all reasonable doubt as to its meaning.

Met Face-to-Face With Allah (God)

There once came a time when Allah (God) directed Moses to take 70 elders from among the
Children of Israel and to gather them together so He could meet with them. Moses, being obedient,
gathered them together as instructed by Allah (God). After they were gathered together, the scripture
then says, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of
sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity. But on the nobles of the children of Israel He
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did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank. In this account, both Moses and those
with him saw God and that he had feet.
In another place in the book of Exodus, a scripture speaks to Moses spending time with Allah
(God). One such occasion was when Allah (God) gave Moses the Ten Commandments. Specifically, the
scripture says, And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon Mount
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Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
According to these scriptures, Moses was communing with Allah (God). Commune is defined
as to converse or talk together, usually intensely and intimately; interchange of thoughts or feelings; to be
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in intimate communication or rapport. By definition, Moses was in an intense, intimate conversation
with Allah (God) and at some point during their time together, He wrote the commandments on the stones
Himself and gave them to Moses. Here is yet another account of Moses personally meeting with Allah
(God).
Another illustration of Moses meeting with Allah (God) was when the Children of Israel were
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than they expected and they wanted more to eat than just manna. After hearing the murmurings,
Allah (God) directed Moses to take some of the leaders of the Children of Israel and gather them
together so He could put some of His spirit upon them to comfort them. After Moses gathered them
together, Allah (God) said He would come down and speak with Moses.
This account is found in the book of Numbers where it reads:

So the Lord said to Moses: Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel,
whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them
to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come
down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put
the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that
you may not bear it yourself aloneThen the Lord came down in the cloud, and
spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon
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the seventy elders.

These scriptures plainly state that Allah (God) would come down and talk with Moses. Wherever
anyone thinks Allah (God) to be, whether in the sky or some hidden place on earth, He came from that
place to speak with Moses. Since Allah (God) is all Powerful and all Knowing, He could have
communicated with Moses from wherever He was, but, according to the scriptures, He chose to speak
with him personally.
In yet another place in the book of Numbers, there came a time when Allah (God) made known to
others that His interaction with Moses was unlike any other prophet. In the 12th chapter of Numbers
Allah (God) said to Aaron and Miriam:

Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself
known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant
Moses; He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face, even plainly,
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and not in dark sayings; and he sees the form of the Lord.

Here, Allah (God) made it known that He would speak with Moses face to face and Moses would see
the form of the Lord. Face to face is tremendously more definitive than seeing Allah (God) in a
burning bush. Face to face could only mean that a man was standing in front of Moses as He spoke
with him and that Man, according to the scriptures, was Allah (God).
There is a second account in the Bible of Moses interacting with Allah (God) face to face.
Further in the book of Numbers it states:

Then the Lord said to Moses: How long will these people reject Me? And how
long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among
them? I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of
you a nation greater and mightier than they. And Moses said to the Lord: Then
the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from
among them, and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that
You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your
cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in
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a pillar of fire by night.

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Here, for the second time, the scriptures indicate that Allah (God) was among the Children of Israel and
was seen face to face.
There is yet a third account that qualifies the statement even further and gives a much clearer
picture of what the Bible actually means when it says that Moses spoke with Allah (God) face to face.
There came a time when Moses went to the tabernacle or temple to call on Allah (God) for
guidance. After being in the tabernacle, Allah (God) came to commune with Moses. When He came, the
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scripture says, [s]o the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. According
to this scripture, as a person speaks face to face with his friend is the exact manner in which Moses
spoke with Allah (God). A person who speaks face-to-face with a friend is able to look into the eyes of
his or her friend, is able to see the facial expressions and is able to see the form of the friends head and
body. This, according to the scriptures, is the exact way Moses saw Allah (God).
The last mention of Moses interacting with Allah (God) face-to-face is in the book of
Deuteronomy. There it says, But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the
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Lord knew face to face[.]
Moses speaking to Allah (God) face to face, as a man speaks to his friend is quite unequivocal.
There is very little room, if any, to interpret this scripture any other way than to understand it exactly how
it was written.

The Point: Moses spoke with Allah (God) face-to-face as a man speaks to his
friend. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of
would also speak with Allah (God) face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend.

In all face to face conversations, there comes a point when the conversation ends and the two
who are speaking have to depart each others company. That time came when Moses watched Allah
(God) leave from his presence.

Moses Saw Allah (God) Leave

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As mentioned above, Allah (God) spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
The scriptures do not give an exact number of times Moses spoke face to face with Allah (God) and the
scriptures do not indicate all that Allah (God) said to Moses during those encounters. What is clear from
the scriptures is that it happened.
There came a time, however, when they departed each others physical presence. That departure
is recorded in the 33rd chapter of Exodus.
There it says:

And the Lord said, Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it
shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and
will cover you with My hand while I pass by. Then I will take away My hand, and
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you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.

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Allah (God) determined that Moses no longer needed His physical presence to continue the work that He
gave him to do. Thus, the time came for Allah (God) to depart from Moses presence. According to the
scriptures, Moses saw Allah (God) leaving or walking away, but could no longer see His face.

The Point: Moses saw Allah (God) leave from his presence after He was
finished teaching him and speaking with him. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom
the historical Moses was a sign of would likely have the occasion to watch Allah
(God) leave from his presence after He was finished teaching and speaking with
him.

Why would Allah (God) leave from Moses presence? Maybe it was because He had sufficiently
taught Moses and made him into Himself. By making Moses into Himself, Allah (God) had sufficiently
made someone qualified to take His place among the people and to fulfill why He came, which was to
deliver the Children of Israel from their oppressors.

Allah (God) Raised Moses to Take His Place

The Children of Israel, Allah (God)s chosen people, suffered mercilessly in Egypt. Their
undeserved suffering actually brought Allah (God) out from His hiding place to deliver them from such
suffering. When He came, however, He did not personally deliver His chosen people Himself. That would
have been too easy for Him to do. One of the things He did to prove He was Allah (God) was He raised
up Moses from among the oppressed, and guided him in leading the Children of Israel out from their
oppression.
According to the scriptures, when the Children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt, they were
tortured, beaten, raped, maimed, murdered and mistreated for 400 years. When these things occurred, it
was time for the fulfillment of Allah (God)s covenant with Abraham. That fulfillment came when Allah
(God) made Himself known to Moses and put him on the path of setting His people free from Pharaoh.
That account is captured in the book of Exodus where Allah (God) said to Moses:

I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. So I have
come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up
from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey...
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I
have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now,
therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the
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children of Israel, out of Egypt.

It is interesting to read how the scriptures say Allah (God) would come down to deliver them out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and large land, but then He said
to Moses, Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the
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children of Israel, out of Egypt. Allah (God) came down to deliver His people from their oppressors,
but He did not intend to take Pharaoh down Himself. He raised Moses to do it. Why would He say in the
scriptures He would come to do a particular work Himself and then tell Moses He would send him to do
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 Evidently, His purpose in coming was, among other things, to find one He could raise up to take
His place in liberating His people.

The Point: Allah (God) came to raise up Moses to take His place in freeing the
Children of Israel from their oppression in Egypt. Thus, the prophetic Moses
whom the historical Moses was a sign of would be personally raised by Allah
(God) to take His place in freeing His people from their suffering and oppression.

A person might think Moses had to have been a perfect human being to be blessed with the honor
of being mentally, morally, and spiritually raised by Allah (God) to take His place among the people. That,
however, was not the case with Moses. In fact, Moses was quite insecure about a particular aspect of his
being - his lack of eloquent speech.

Not Eloquent of Speech

When Allah (God) raised Moses to challenge Pharaoh for the liberation of His people, He neither
gave Moses an army to take with him, nor weapons. He only gave Moses a word to take with him and he
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had to speak that word unto Pharaoh exactly as Allah (God) gave it to him. At the moment Moses
realized he had to speak a word unto the most powerful ruler of his day, he began to reflect upon one of
his most pronounced impediments, which was his inability to speak eloquently. The Bible records this
discussion between Allah (God) and Moses by saying:
Then Moses said to the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor
since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of
tongue. So the Lord said to him, Who has made mans mouth? Or who makes
the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore,
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go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.

What does slow of speech mean? It could mean Moses was born with a speech impediment. It could
also mean Moses did not always speak grammatically correct or sometimes he had trouble finding the
right words due to a limited education. Regardless of the explanation of slow of speech, Allah (God)
reminded Moses that He was the one who made his mouth so He was well-aware of Moses speaking
abilities. Evidently, Allah (God) had a reason and purpose for Moses lack of eloquence.
Moses lack of eloquence was also recorded in the Holy Quran. Therein, Moses said to Allah
(God), My Lord, expand my breast for me: And ease my affair for me: And loose the knot from my
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tongue, (That) they may understand my word. In another part of the Holy Quran it says, And when
thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go to the iniquitous people The people of Pharaoh. Will they not guard
against evil? He said: My Lord, I fear that they will reject me. And my breast straitens, and my tongue is
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not eloquent, so send for Aaron (too).
In yet another part of the Holy Quran it records Pharaoh commenting on Moses ineloquence of
speech. Therein it says, And Pharaoh proclaimed amongst his people, saying: O my people, is not the
kingdom of Egypt mine and these rivers flowing beneath me? Do you not see? Rather I am better than
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this (fellow) who is contemptible, and can hardly express himself clearly.
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grammatically correct. He heard Moses struggle sometimes to find the right words to say, but even
though he could hardly express himself clearly, Allah (God) did not make a mistake when He chose
Moses. He knew exactly what He was getting in that choice and everything about Moses made him the
perfect man for the job; ineloquent speech and all.

The Point: Moses was not eloquent in speech. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom
the historical Moses was a sign of would likely be ineloquent in speech as well.

Another significant aspect in the life of Moses was his domestic life. At the beginning of his
mission, Moses had one wife named Zipporah who was from Midian. Later into his mission, however,
Moses took on another wife.

More Than One Wife

Practically nothing is written in the scriptures regarding Moses domestic life. The scriptures do,
however, reveal something interesting about his private life. The scriptures reveal not only was he
married, but he had more than one wife.
This aspect of his life began when Moses fled from Egypt because Pharaoh sought to have him
killed. As discussed above, Moses left Egypt and fled east to the land of Midian where he married his first
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wife, Zipporah. Moses met her in Midian and her father was a Midian priest; thus, there is no other
credible evidence to indicate that she was anything other than a Midianite.
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Zipporah bore Moses two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. Moses named his first son Gershom,
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which meant, I have been a stranger in a strange land. He named his second son Eliezer, which
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meant for the God of my fatherwas mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
Moses was already married with children when he received his assignment from Allah (God) to
return to Egypt to liberate His people. The scriptures do not specifically state that Zipporah and the boys
went with him, but it is likely that they did. Obviously, after Moses returned to Egypt and he began to fulfill
his mission by challenging Pharaoh for the liberation of His people, things got a little tense for Moses and
all those with him, including his family. Moses, being the loving husband and father that he was, did not
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want his familys lives to be in jeopardy so he sent them back to Midian to live with Zipporahs father.
In Midian, they would be out of harms way.
With his mind a little more at ease, Moses was able to focus more on his mission and focus he did.
Moses and Aaron challenged Pharaoh and warned him of his impending doom if he did not submit. When
Pharaoh did not submit, Allah (God) brought down the plagues on Egypt, which eventually convinced
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Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go. The freeing of the Children of Israel from their slavery and
oppression in Egypt was a degree of success. Word of that success travelled all the way to Midian where
Moses father-in-law heard about it.
When Jethro heard how Allah (God) blessed Moses in Egypt, he wanted to reunite Moses with his
family so he left Midian and took Zipporahwith her two sonsto Moses in the wilderness, where he
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was encamped at the mountain of God. After Jethro found Moses with the Children of Israel, he said,
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apparent from these scriptures that Moses was still married to Zipporah while he was in the wilderness
leading the Children of Israel.
At a certain point in his mission, however, Moses took on a second wife. The scriptures say
nothing about Moses second wife other than a reference to where she was from. In fact, there is only
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one passing reference to her in the scriptures where it says that Moses married an Ethiopian woman.
The scriptures are silent on that womans name. It is not clear whether or not she bore Moses any
children, but what is clear is that she was from Ethiopia. Since Ethiopia is not Midian (Saudi Arabia), then
it is clear that Moses had more than one wife; one was from Midian (Saudi Arabia) and another one from
Ethiopia.
The Point: Moses had more than one wife. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom
the historical Moses was a sign of would likely have more than one wife.

The above scriptures are instructive as to how Allah (God) guides His servants. Allah (God), who
is the All-seeing and the All-knowing, has His plan for how things will be. He knows exactly why He
allows things to happen and He knows exactly how those things will happen. He has a plan that is so
magnificent, so intricate, and so far-seeing that man is incapable of knowing it in advance. The best
chance man has of understanding Allah (God)s plan is to be patient as it unfolds and then to marvel at its
majesty when it does.

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All the points discussed above relate to some aspect of Moses personal life as a man. Moses was
more than just a man born in Egypt during the time of the enslavement and mistreatment of the Children of
Israel. He was a man born with a unique destiny and mission. He was chosen by Allah (God) to return the
Children of Israel to the worship of their true God (Allah), to lead them out of their oppression under
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Pharaoh, and to prepare them for a land unto their own that would be flowing with milk and honey.
His mission, however, would be challenging, to say the least.

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In studying the life of Moses, it is also important to look at the people Allah (God) instructed
Moses to liberate. So who were the historical Children of Israel? What kind of people was Moses chosen
to lead?
Allah (God) chose Moses to lead a people who were strangers in Egypt, a land that was not their
native land. While in Egypt they were oppressed, mistreated, and enslaved; however, Allah (God) knew
that undeserved suffering was redemptive. As a result, Allah (God) made a promise to their ancestor,
Abraham, that He would make Abrahams seed rulers in the land in which they were once slaves. Who
was Abraham that he would receive such a covenant from Allah (God)?
Abraham was a prophet, but not just any prophet. He was special in the eyes of Allah (God). In
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fact, Allah took Abraham for a friend. To show that Abraham was His friend, He even spent time
dining and communing with him.
One day while Abraham was tending to the affairs of his home:
the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in
the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold,
three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door
to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, My Lord, if I have now
found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. Please let a little water
be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. And I will bring
a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by,
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inasmuch as you have come to your servant.

Soon thereafter, the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and
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Abraham returned to his place.
What a blessing it must have been for Abraham to have Allah (God) as a friend. What a blessing
it must have been for Abraham to personally host Allah (God) at his home not as some formless spirit, but,
according to the scriptures, he hosted a Man. That Man who walked into the doorway of his home, who
sat with him, who ate with him, and who talked with him was the Lord.
Consider Abrahams deep and profound love, respect, and commitment to Allah (God) that must
have been apparent in practically every aspect of his daily life. Undoubtedly, it was Abrahams reverence
for and obedience to Allah (God) and His will that helped him to become His friend and to be the recipient
of His blessings. For Abraham, such blessings consisted of Allah (God) making the covenant with him
regarding his descendants.
That covenant is found in the book of Genesis where it says:

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred
years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall
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they come out with great substance.

Allah (God) went on to say that:

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall

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descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to
you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after
you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting
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possession; and I will be their God.

The covenant that Allah (God) made with Abraham regarding his descendants inheriting great substance
came with a price. According to the scriptures, the price would be bondage and affliction in a land that
was not theirs for 400 years. His descendants would suffer mercilessly at the hands of their devilish
captors and oppressors. Their suffering would be so great that the annals of history would not record any
suffering comparable to it.
As the Children of Israel suffered, they prayed. As the Children of Israel were being destroyed
as a people, they prayed. As the Children of Israel saw their hope for a better future decimated month
after month, year after year, decade after decade, and century after century, they prayed. Undoubtedly,
they prayed for relief, they prayed for deliverance, they prayed for a Saviour. With each passing moment
that their suffering remained the same or even increased, they may have thought their prayers were falling
on deaf ears and that Allah (God) could not hear them. What they did not realize, however, was that Allah
(God) allowed their suffering to happen to fulfill His purpose. He already had their salvation worked out
before they ever set foot into Egypt as slaves. He just allowed His will to proceed as planned.
Near the end of their suffering in Egypt, the scriptures say:

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the Children
of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up
unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered this covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God
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looked upon the Children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

This scripture mentions something interesting. It says that after the king of Egypt died, the Children of
Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of their
bondage. The question must be asked, Why would the scriptures say the Children of Israel sighed
andcried after the person over the land in which they were enslaved had died? Would it not make
more sense for the Children of Israel to rejoice after the death of the man who ruled the country in which
they were enslaved? Seemingly, they would have rejoiced over his death as opposed to having sighed
and cried over his death unless there was something different about that ruler. There must have been
something unique about that king that they sighed and cried over.
One explanation for the sighs and the cries could have been that the Children of Israel had hope in
that particular king that he would alleviate some of the pain they suffered under slavery in Egypt. Just
maybe that king would issue a decree that would remove the strong hand of oppression that had governed
their lives and had caused so much grief. Perhaps they had some hope that they would taste the sweet
nectar of freedom under his reign. If the Children of Israel did have such hope in that king, then their dimly
lit candle of hope was extinguished the moment they heard the king was dead.
Little did the Children of Israel know that while they had their hopes in a seemingly benevolent
Pharaoh, Allah (God), the most Benevolent, was already securing their glorious future. Their suffering
would not be in vain because the scriptures say after that time, Allah (God) would judge that nation they
served. So it was the magnitude and gravity of their suffering that ultimately warranted the magnitude and
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Allah (God)s covenant with Abraham does not mention the names of Abrahams descendants
that would actually inherit the land in which they would be enslaved. The covenant merely gives a
description of what his descendants would suffer and for how long.
Clearly, when Allah (God) made the covenant with Abraham, his descendants had yet to be
enslaved. He gave Abraham a glimpse into the future. Since those scriptures were prophetic and had to be
fulfilled, then, at some point in time, a people would be forcibly taken from their land against their will to a
land that was not theirs. While on those foreign shores they would be forced into servitude slavery and, in
addition to the slavery, they would suffer oppression and mistreatment for a combined total of 400 years.
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Near the end of that suffering, Allah (God) would come and judge that nation that they served.

The Point: Moses led a people that were enslaved and mistreated for 400 years.
Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would
likely lead a people that would be enslaved and mistreated for approximately 400
years.

One of the first assignments that Allah (God) gave Moses to do on his quest to liberate the
Children of Israel was to go to Pharaoh and demand that he let His people go.

Challenged Pharaoh

Moses mission began while in Midian. It was there that Allah (God) appeared unto him in the
form of a man and said unto him, Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may
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bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. Allah (God) knew Moses was the right person
for such an awesome responsibility. He knew Moses had the necessary faith in Him, strength of
character, and fierceness of spirit to demand freedom for His people. Even though the demand would
have to be made to the most powerful ruler of his day, Moses had more fear of disobeying Allah (God)
than he had of the repercussions that could come by challenging Pharaoh.
Armed with nothing more than the word of Allah (God) and Aaron, his assistant, Moses set forth
to carry out what he was commanded to do. Moses and Aaron both went to Pharaoh and told him,
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Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Let My people go.
In the Holy Quran, it states:

Then, after them, We sent Moses with Our messages to Pharaoh and his chiefs,
but they disbelieved them. See, then, what was the end of the mischief-makers!
And Moses said: O Pharaoh, surely I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds,
Worthy of not saying anything about Allah except the truth. I have come to you
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indeed with clear proof from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with me.

Moses knew he and Aaron were backed by a greater power than the power possessed by Pharaoh;
therefore, he never wilted in his duty to Allah (God). He knew that since he and Aaron could walk right
into the house of Pharaoh and directly challenge Pharaohs power and authority.
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bondage because Pharaoh saw himself as a god. Moses and Aaron had to have supreme confidence in
Allah (God) as their Protector and Sustainer; otherwise it would have been a suicide mission to demand
anything of Pharaoh.
It was not Moses demands alone that finally convinced Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go,
but it was the 10 plagues that Allah (God) brought down on Egypt. It was that showing of power that
ultimately convinced Pharaoh that a mighty One was backing Moses and Aaron and it might be in his best
interest to let the Children of Israel go.

The Point: Moses challenged the most powerful ruler of his day. Thus, the
prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would likely
challenge the most powerful ruler of his day.

What else could Allah (God) have been teaching Moses when He was preparing him and teaching
him what he was to say to Pharaoh? He could have been teaching Moses about what took place before
the making of Adam. Or in other words, what took place In the beginning.

In the Beginning

The first five books of the Bible Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy are
sometimes referred to in Hebrew as the Torah, which means the law or the Pentateuch, which
means five books. The first five books of the Bible are also referred to as the books of Moses. They
are said to be the books of Moses because it is believed by some scholars that Moses wrote the first
five books of the Bible himself.
The Bible begins by saying, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth
was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was
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hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
Genesis goes on to talk about the creation of seas, grass, fruit, fish, birds, cattle, and other land
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creatures.

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to
them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the
fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on
the earth.
This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the
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day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens[.]

The above scriptures, which are attributed to Moses, gives some detail to the stages of creation. These
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scriptures speak of the creation of the heavens, the earth, and of man who was called Adam. The
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Adam. Thus, the question must be asked, How could Moses know what happened at the beginning of
creation since he was born approximately 2,000 years after Adam?
The only way Moses could have known what happened before Allah (God) created Adam would
be that he was taught by One who had the knowledge of the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. The
One who taught Moses had to have had the mind, the knowledge, and the understanding of the One who
created it all from the very beginning. The only One who could have had such knowledge was Allah
(God) Himself.
As previously mentioned, Allah (God) taught Moses face-to-face what He desired Moses to do.
Maybe in some of those meetings Allah (God) also taught Moses how He formed the earth, how He
created the birds and land animals, and how He made mankind whom He called Adam. Thus, Moses
was able to recount the creation story because Allah (God) taught him what happened In the
beginning.

The Point: Moses taught on what took place in the beginning of creation likely
because Allah (God) taught him what took place in the beginning. Thus, the
prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would teach on
what took place in the beginning of creation likely because Allah (God) would teach
him what took place in the beginning of creation.

In addition to teaching about what took place In the beginning, Moses also taught his people on
the need to separate from their enemies.

Advocated for Separation

A major component to Moses mission was that he advocated for separation for his people from
their wicked oppressors.
As the Children of Israel were under severe trial in Egypt, they prayed to Allah (God) for
deliverance from the harsh treatment they suffered. The Children of Israel were unable to improve their
condition themselves; therefore, Allah (God) had to come Himself to aid them and bring them relief. That
aid and relief did not come in the form of a foreign army descending on the shores of Egypt to free its
captives and it did not come in the form of monetary support from some foreign government to finance
their liberation movement. That aid and relief ultimately came in the form of a man coming from the face
of Allah (God) with His word and advocating for their separation from their open enemy.
One of the first instructions Allah (God) gave Moses at the beginning of his mission was to go to
Egypt and separate the Children of Israel from Pharaoh and the ways of Egypt.
In the book of Exodus, it reads:

And the Lord said: I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are
in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their
sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with
milk and honey
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I
have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now,
therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the
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children of Israel, out of Egypt.

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Here, Allah (God) personally determined a solution to the problem between the Egyptians and the Children
of Israel. The divine solution was not for the Children of Israel to continue to petition Pharaoh for justice.
The divine solution was not for them to perpetually stay in bondage under Pharaoh or to seek Pharaohs
favor. Allah (God) reinforced His mandate when He said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and tell him,
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Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
According to Allah (God) Himself, separation was the best and only solution to the problem
between these two people, the Egyptians and the Children of Israel. The separation that Allah (God)
called for was not just to be a physical separation, but a mental, moral, economic, and spiritual separation
as well.
In another place in the book of Exodus, Moses, in fact, prays to Allah (God) to separate the
Children of Israel from the Egyptians and other people on the earth
While talking with Allah (God), Moses said:

Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your
way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider
that this nation is Your people.
And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. Then
he said to Him, If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from
here. For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in
Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I,
from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.
So the Lord said to Moses, I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for
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you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.
Thus, Moses prayed for separation and Allah (God) answered that prayer because Moses found grace in
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the eyes of Allah (God).

The Point: Moses advocated for separation of his people from their former slave
masters. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of
would likely advocate for separation of his people from their former slave masters
as well.

Clearly Allah (God) sanctioned separation as the best and only answer to the problems between
the Children of Israel and their oppressors. Included in that mandate for separation was the prohibition
against intermarriage with the children of their oppressors.

Discouraged Intermarriage

As the shepherd over the Children of Israel, Moses constantly reminded them of the word of
Allah (God) and how they should govern their actions to be in accord with His will; which is what a good
shepherd should do. He would constantly be on the lookout to see if any of those under his charge were
straying away from the path that the shepherd guided them to. If any went astray, he would work to bring
them back into the fold.
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Nearly the entire book of Deuteronomy consists of Moses reminding the Children of Israel of what Allah
(God) taught them through him. He also gave words of warning to his followers on how they should
govern themselves after he would no longer be among them.
One such reminder was that Allah (God) did not condone intermarriage between them and the
strangers in the lands in which they lived. The word of Allah (God) to Moses for the Children of Israel
was for them to marry among themselves and not to marry into other tribes of people. Moses was true to
whatever Allah (God) directed him to do or to say. So Moses warned the Children of Israel about the
transgression of intermarriage. In the 29th chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses said to his people:

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and
occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites,
Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are
greater and more numerous than you. When the LORD your God hands these
nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them.
Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.
You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry
their sons and daughters, for they will lead your children away from me to worship
other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly
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destroy you.

Obviously, Moses did not condone intermarriage because Allah (God) did not condone it. Allah (God) did
not want His chosen people to go after the gods of other people particularly after He brought them out
from the ways of their oppressors in Egypt. One way He knew that could be accomplished was to not
allow the Children of Israel to marry other peoples who worshiped other gods. Allah (God) used Moses to
guide the Children of Israel back into the worship of Him, which put them on the road to independence,
self-governance, and self-pride. Pharaoh did not have their best interest at heart. It was only after Allah
(God) raised up Moses from among the people that they were coming back into their original state.
Thus, one step in the process of returning to their original state was to stay away from marrying
the children of their former oppressors.

The Point: Moses discouraged intermarriage between the Children of Israel and
the children of their enemy. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical
Moses was a sign of would likely discourage intermarriage between his people
and the children of their enemy.

Not to intermarry with the children of their former oppressors was a strict law, but Moses brought
other strict laws as well.

Brought Strict Law

One of Moses tasks was to bring the Children of Israel out of the ways of Egypt and into the
ways of Allah (God). He accomplished this by bringing a strict law for them to follow. The strict law was
designed to restrict and curtail much of the rebellious activity and lifestyle the Children of Israel had
become accustomed to. By following the strict law, the Children of Israel were identifiably different from
other people around them.

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judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? What were the statutes and
righteous judgments that Moses brought to the Children of Israel? In the book of Deuteronomy we read
the following:

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and
judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be
careful to observe them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are
here today, all of us who are alive. The Lord talked with you face to face on the
mountain from the midst of the fire. I stood between the Lord and you at that time,
to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire, and
you did not go up the mountain.

He said: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.

You shall have no other gods before Me.

You shall not make for yourself a carved imageany likeness of anything that is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God,
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third
and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to
those who love Me and keep My commandments.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold
him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God. In it you shall do no workAnd remember that you were a
slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there by a
mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded
you to keep the Sabbath day.

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you,
that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the
Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything
that is your neighbors.

These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the
midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added
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no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

These commandments would very easily have been considered strict laws to a people who were wayward
and rebellious. Allah (God) would not have had to send such commandments through Moses for the
Children of Israel unless they were engaging in the opposite of what the commandments dictated. Allah
(God) loved His people so much that He would not allow them to remain in their condition blindly
wandering on. So He appointed a man from among His chosen people, cleaned him up, taught him, raised
him up to be His messenger, and then sent him back to His people with certain commands to help guide
them into His straight path of righteousness.

The Point: Moses brought a strict law to guide the thoughts and actions of his
rebellious people. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a
sign of would likely bring his people a strict law to help bring their rebellious
actions into accord with Allah (God)s will.

Moses not only taught them what laws should govern their actions, but he also taught them how to
eat to live a longer, healthier life.

Taught What Foods to Eat and to Not Eat

A significant aspect to Moses ministry and leadership over the Children of Israel involved dietary
guidance. At times, he directed his people on what foods they should eat and what foods they should not
eat. Why would Allah (God) direct Moses to guide the Children of Israel on their diet? Evidently, they did
not realize they were eating things that were unhealthy. There would have been no need for Moses to
come and give them divine guidance on eating properly if the dietary customs of Egypt were pleasing to
Allah (God). These unhealthy dietary customs actually shortened everyones life, but Allah (God) so loved
the Children of Israel that He sent Moses to guide them so they would have life and have it more
abundantly.
The 11th chapter of Leviticus begins with Allah (God) instructing the Children of Israel about what
they should eat and what they should not eat. There it says:

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, Speak to the children of
Israel, saying, These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that
are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven
hooves and chewing the cudthat you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall not
eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel
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shall not touch. They are unclean to you. Of the various types of flesh Allah (God) warned against
eating, He did not want His people to even touch the pig. How filthy must the pig be that Allah (God) said
that it should not even be touched? So, according to the scriptures, it is not possible to eat pork and be in
obedience to Allah (God) at the same time.
Allah (God) then instructed Moses and Aaron on what foods in the sea should and should not be
eaten. In Leviticus, Allah (God) said the following:

These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and
scales, whether in the seas or in the riversthat you may eat. But all in the seas
or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any
living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. They shall be an
abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses
as an abomination. Whatever in the water does not have fins or scalesthat shall
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be an abomination to you.

It is clear from these scriptures that He permitted fish that have fins and scales to be eaten. Such fish
would include: albacore, anchovy, bass, buffalo fish, carp, char cod, flounder, goldfish, grouper, halibut,
herring, jack, mackerel, mahi mahi, orange roughy, perch, pike, pollock, salmon, sardines, snapper, trout,
walleye, whitefish, and whiting, just to name a few.
The forbidden fish were those that do not have scales and fins. Such fish that fit into that
category are divinely prohibited from being eaten would include the following: catfish, grayfish, marlin,
shark, snake mackerels, squid, sturgeons, swordfish, and whale.
In addition to fish, there are other creatures of the sea that do not have fins or scales and,
according to the Bible, should not be eaten also. Those sea creatures include: abalone, clams, conk, crabs,
crawfish, eels, lobsters, mussels oysters, scallops, and shrimp.
Some of the prohibited fish, such as catfish, and some of the prohibited sea creatures, such as
crabs, crawfish, lobsters, and shrimp are actually called scavengers. They are called scavengers
because they feed on the debris of the sea such as the waste from other sea animals or the carcass of
other dead fish. This should make it clear why Allah (God) did not want His people eating such things for
food.
Another reason why fish without scales and fins should not be eaten could be due to their
digestive system. There is practically no place on earth that does not contain some poison or toxin from
pollution in the air, land, and sea. So as fish swim in polluted waters, they come into contact with poisons
and toxins that have accumulated in the waters. When a fish has absorbed certain poisons and toxins in its
body from the water, the scales of that fish allow it to naturally excrete some, if not most, of it through the
skin.
Alternatively, fish that do not have scales do not have the ability to release the poisons and toxins
from its body; therefore, it continues to absorb the harmful chemicals it comes into contact with until it
becomes one big, swimming, ball of poison. So to eat those kinds of fish is to absorb into ones body all of
the chemicals that fish could not release from its body. Allah (God) also gave other instructions for what
fowl and other land creatures that could be eaten and which ones should not be eaten.
He closes out the 11th chapter of Leviticus by saying:
For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you
shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping
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law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters,
and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to distinguish between the unclean
and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may
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not be eaten.

Here, according to Allah (God), what the Children of Israel ate and what they did not eat made the
difference between whether or not they were holy or unholy. If they ate of the things that were allowed,
they were holy. If they ate of the things that were prohibited, they were unholy. Thus, on their journey
under the leadership of Moses, they had to be selective about the things that they ate if they had any
aspirations of being as holy as Allah (God) wanted them to be.

The Point: Moses taught his people what foods they should eat and what foods
they should not eat. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a
sign of would likely teach his people what foods they should eat and what foods
they should not eat.

Moses not only taught the Children of Israel how to eat to live, but he also gave them a three-year
economic savings program designed to help themselves and to help the less fortunate among them.

Three-Year Economic Savings Program

One day, Moses determined that the Children of Israel needed a structured savings program. He
encouraged each of his followers to donate to that savings program from what Allah (God) blessed them
to receive and those donations would be for the benefit of the less fortunate among them. Moses directed
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them to tithe. In the Biblical sense, to tithe means to give 10 percent of what Allah (God) has
blessed a person to receive. That 10 percent would then be put into the service of Allah (God) by giving it
to His messengers and prophets for their use and direction. Tithing is also a way for Allah (God) to see
who truly loves Him because if a person who is able to does not adequately support His servant, then
it is difficult to see how that person can claim to love the One who sent the servant.
Specifically, at a certain point, Moses directed the Children of Israel as follows:

You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year
by year. And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He
chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and
your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear
the Lord your God always.
But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe,
or if the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from
you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, then you shall exchange it for
money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God
chooses.
And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or
sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there
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with you.

It is apparent from these scriptures that Moses directed the Children of Israel to set aside a tenth of the
increase of what their farmland produced as a donation each year and take it to a place designated. Then
he said if the way was too far for them to transport all they had, then they were to convert it into money
meaning to sell what they had and to bring the proceeds of the sale to a designated place. After they
did that, they could then purchase what they wanted. Moses warned them that while they were enjoying
the fruits of their labor, they should not forget to help out those who did not participate in the inheritance
they had.
Just after Moses directed them to take a tenth of what they were blessed to receive and to
convert it into money and bring it to a designated place, Moses then said to the Children of Israel:

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the
same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he hath no
part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord
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thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
So Moses directed his people to save up what they had for three years for the benefit of themselves and
the less fortunate. The less fortunate, which included the poor, the stranger, the orphans, and the widows.

The Point: Moses established a three-year economic savings program to help out
the Children of Israel and the less fortunate among them. Thus, the prophetic
Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would likely start a three-year
economic savings program to accomplish the same goal.

When one thinks of a servant of Allah (God), one thinks of spiritual guidance not necessarily an
economic savings program. Evidently, Moses had a broader mission than other servants, which included
not just a clear delivery of the word but also included taking steps to help build a nation.
Called the Children of Israel a Nation

When Moses was sent by Allah (God) to free His people from bondage in Egypt, he knew at the
outset of his mission that he was not just going after a group of people, but he would be going after a
nation (the Children of Israel) within a nation (Egypt).
In the book of Exodus it says:

So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend...Then
Moses said to the Lordif I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your
way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider
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that this nation is Your people.

In these scriptures, Moses referred to the Children of Israel as a nation. Therefore, the phrase
Children of Israel is interchangeable with the word nation; and so everywhere the phrase Children of
Israel is used, it could also be appropriate to understand that Moses was sent to lead Allah (God)s
nation, which was found within another nation called Egypt. The nation that Moses would lead was,

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On this same point, in the book of Deuteronomy, Moses spoke to the Children of Israel and said:

Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God
commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to
possess.
Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say,
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God
is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? And what great nation is
there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I
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set before you this day?

Clearly, from these scriptures, it is apparent that Moses had a broad function; which included delivering the
word of God (Allah), raising up a people who were enslaved and mistreated in a land that was not their
own, and molding and shaping that people into a nation.
The question could be asked, What kind of nation would Moses lead? Allah (God) sent Moses
to free the Children of Israel from oppression and from the effects of such oppression. Pharaoh and his
people were not justified in mishandling them because they did not do anything to deserve such
mistreatment. So Moses action in liberating the Children of Israel was an act of justice.
Lastly, the length of time his people suffered at the hands of Pharaoh and the Egyptians
effectively reduced the Children of Israel to the level of beasts of the field. That was no condition for
Allah (God)s people to be in. So Allah (God) sent Moses to teach and to train His people and to raise
them to a civilized state, which would, one day, warrant them having equal membership in society with the
best in civilized society.
Moses was sent to lead a people who had been reduced to the level of the beasts of the field into
a nation enjoying freedom, justice, and equality; or in other words, he came to lead them into peace.

The Point: Moses called his people a nation. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom
the historical Moses was a sign of would likely call his people a nation.
What do the scriptures say about how long Moses was among the Children of Israel leading that
nation? According to the scriptures, Moses was among his nation for 40 years.

Among the Nation for 40 Years

Moses leadership among the Children of Israel began when he heeded Allah (God)s instructions
to return to Egypt to lead His people out of bondage. After they left Egypt, they spent 40 years in the
wilderness under Moses direct leadership. This is found in the book of Deuteronomy where Moses said
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to the Children of Israel, And I have led you 40 years in the wilderness. Moses also said to the
people, And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these 40 years in the
wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His
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commandments or not.
In the Holy Quran it says, And We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed them with
ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was complete 40 nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron: Take

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my place among my people, and act well and follow not the way of the mischief-makers. The
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has said the 40 nights mentioned in this scripture was actually the 40
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years Moses was among and led the Children of Israel.
Thus, Moses spent 40 years among this nation leading and guiding them into the way of Allah
(God) and, ultimately, preparing them for entry into The Promised Land.

The Point: Moses was among his nation for 40 years. Thus, the prophetic
Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would likely be among his
nation, for 40 years.

During those 40 years, Moses brought them a unique teaching that he received directly from Allah
(God). This unique teaching, which sustained the Children of Israel during those 40 years, was called
manna.

Manna From Heaven

While the Children of Israel were toiling in Egypt before Allah (God) sent Moses to liberate them,
they relied upon Pharaoh and his servants for their daily sustenance. They became dependent upon and
accustomed to that which they received from Pharaoh. They were no longer acquainted with providing for
themselves due to their long period of enslavement. They gave Egypt 400 years of their sweat and blood
and received in return some of the worst treatment any human beings had ever experienced.
Therefore, when Moses began separating the Children of Israel from Pharaoh and Egypt, they
had to rely upon Moses to guide them into doing for self. Initially, they were ill-equipped to sufficiently do
for self. As a result, they began to go hungry while in the wilderness. Then, the murmuring began. They
said, Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat
and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
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assembly with hunger.
Upon hearing the people cry against His servant, God told Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from
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heaven for you. God gave Moses and the Children of Israel this bread to sustain them, while they
were on their journey in the wilderness. This bread that Allah (God) gave to Moses for the Children of
Israel was unlike anything that they had ever had before. The bread was completely different from that
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which they were used to in Egypt. This bread, according to the scriptures, was called manna and
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the Children of Israel ate manna 40 years. The question should be asked, Was manna literally food
falling out of the sky or could it mean something else?
In the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy in particular, Allah (God) instructed Moses in an
extremely detailed way about what types of food the Children of Israel were permitted to eat and what
types of food they were prohibited from eating. These instructions occurred over the course of a number
of years after the exodus. Why would Allah (God) give to the Children of Israel through Moses such a
detailed understanding of what foods they should eat and not eat if the only thing they had to eat was
manna? If manna was the only thing they had to eat, then there would have been no need for such
strict dietary instruction.
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food or was it spiritual food? Could manna actually be a doctrine or teachings that Allah (God) gave to
Moses for the Children of Israels benefit?
The 8th chapter of Deuteronomy provides a glimpse into the possible true meaning of the word
manna. There, Moses was having a conversation with the Children of Israel reminding them of what
Allah (God) brought them through over the last 40 years and what He had in store for them in the future.
The future, however, was predicated upon the Children of Israel following the statutes and commands that
Allah (God) had already given them.
Specifically, Moses said to the Children of Israel:

Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe,
that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord
swore to your fathers. And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all
the way these 40 years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what
was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He
humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not
know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not
live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of
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the Lord.

What is telling about the preceding scripture is that Moses began his talk by reminding the Children of
Israel about the commandments and ways Allah (God) gave them to follow during the previous 40
years.
Immediately after he mentioned the commandments and reminded them of the ways he taught
them, Moses mentioned manna, which he used to feed the Children of Israel. The scripture is not clear
whether or not this was physical food or spiritual food, but the end of the scripture sheds some light on the
possible distinction. The last line says, in essence, that man could not live by bread alone, but man also
needed every word that came forth from Allah (God).
The Children of Israel had bread to eat in Egypt. After leaving Egypt they no longer had bread
to eat so Allah (God) gave them manna. Since the scripture states that man could not live by bread
alone but man needed the word of Allah (God), then the bread referenced in the scriptures could be the
doctrines and teachings of the people of Egypt while manna could mean the word of Allah (God)
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brought to them by Moses.
There is another, clearer indication in the Bible that the word manna more than likely meant a
doctrine or teaching. That understanding came from Jesus. In the book of Revelation, Jesus was speaking
unto John, the Revelator, and drew a correlation between doctrine and manna. In that conversation,
Jesus began to tell John about the foreign doctrines the people had begun to follow. Jesus, according to the
scriptures, hated those doctrines and was dismayed with the people for accepting and following those
doctrines. He then informed the people that he would bring the hidden manna that the people should
eat.

Specifically, Jesus is recorded as saying:

I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satans throne is. And
you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which
Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which
thing I hate. Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them
with the sword of My mouth.
To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And
I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one
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knows except him who receives it.

In these scriptures, Jesus begins by commending John for holding fast to Jesus name and keeping his
faith even in the midst of Satan. Then, however, Jesus condemns those who accepted the doctrine of
Balaam and the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. Evidently, the doctrine or teachings of Balaam and
Nicolas were despicable in the eyes of Jesus and maybe that is what prompted him to say, [t]o him who
overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat.
If Jesus was speaking about doctrines and then mentioned manna to eat, what would make one
think that Jesus was referring to physical food that was going to fall from the sky? Is it not obvious that
the hidden manna that Jesus was going to give to those who overcame the wiles of Satan was likely
referring to a new doctrine or a new teaching that had yet to be revealed to the people because it was
hidden?
Therefore, the manna Moses brought to the Children of Israel was not likely actual food falling
from the sky. It could be the unique word of Allah (God) or the unique teaching Moses conveyed to his
people for the 40 years he was among them that he received from Allah (God) who sits in the heavens.

The Point: Moses brought manna from heaven or a new teaching from Allah
(God) to help sustain the Children of Israel for the 40 years he dwelled among
them. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of
would likely bring a new teaching from Allah (God) and that new teaching would
sustain his people for the 40 years that he was among them.

Another significant aspect in the life of Moses, unfortunately, was that the Children of Israel
would discard his teachings after he was no longer among them.

Moses Teachings Discarded

When Moses time was short among his people, he was able to discern something contrary about
them. Maybe he received a sign from Allah (God) or maybe he could pick up on the energy and thoughts
of the people. Whatever it was, Moses knew the vast majority of the Children of Israel had yet to develop
into the people of Allah (God) he so earnestly desired them to become.
Moses did all that he could to raise his people up, with the help of Allah (God), from the deplorable
condition that they were in. He gave them manna from heaven. He brought them divine wisdom he
received directly from the face of Allah (God). He taught them the best way to dress, to speak, to eat, to
live, to think, to act, and to believe. In fact, the Children of Israel experienced the benefits of following the
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knew it was his physical presence that motivated them to try as hard as they did. He was able to discern,
however, that once his physical presence was no longer among them, everything would change.
He knew many of the Children of Israel were still following the ways of Egypt and Pharaoh as
opposed to the ways of Allah (God). Thus, he knew after he was no longer among the people, the
Children of Israel would disregard his teachings and would break the strict law he brought. He knew after
he was no longer physically there to remind them about the laws and commandments of Allah (God), his
people would act as if they never heard them at all. He sensed it, he felt it; and Allah (God) allowed him
to see it.
The Children of Israel did not fully take to the teachings Moses brought because they were a
stiff-necked people. According to these scriptures, the Children of Israel were stiff-necked when
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Moses found them. Apparently, many, if not most, of them were still stiff-necked as he was about to
leave from among them 40 years later. This is recorded in the book of Deuteronomy, when Moses
gathered them together and said to his followers:

for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with
you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my
death? Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may
speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against
them. For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn
aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the
latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to
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anger through the work of your hands.

Allah (God) selected Moses as the parent over the Children of Israel. As in most households, when the
parent leaves, the children seemingly forget all the parent taught them and, in some cases, the children
begin to do exactly what the parent told them not to do. The Children of Israel did just that.
After Moses was gone from among them, they went back into the ways of the land and engaged
in activity that Moses, with the help of Allah (God), had brought them out of. Nearly all of them returned
to the rebellious lifestyles of the people of Egypt and the other groups of people they encountered on their
sojourn.

The Point: The Children of Israel discarded Moses teachings after he was no
longer among them. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was
a sign of would likely have his teachings discarded by his followers once he was
no longer physically among them.

Arguably, Moses had the most difficult task given to him by Allah (God) than any other man
mentioned in the Old Testament. Moses recognized that and knew that he would have a greater likelihood
of success if he had someone to share in his burden. With that in mind, Moses prayed to Allah (God) for a
helper and Allah (God) answered that prayer.

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Moses Prayed for Help

Moses loved Allah (God) with every fiber of his being. There was nothing more that Moses
wanted to do than to please the Man who raised him up to take His place in leading the Children of Israel
out from under their oppression in Egypt. One way he knew he would please Allah (God) was to
effectively carry out the task he was given to do, which was to tell Pharaoh to let His people go. With that
task included a clear delivery of the message that Allah (God) gave him to speak.
With that understanding, Moses expressed doubt to Allah (God) about his ability to effectively
speak the message to Pharaoh and to the Children of Israel, because he knew he was not the most
eloquent speaker. This insecurity is found in the book of Exodus. There it reads:
Then Moses said to the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor
since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of
tongue. So the Lord said to him, Who has made mans mouth? Or who makes
the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore,
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go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.

Undoubtedly, Moses felt reassured that Allah (God) was in control of everything, but, apparently, it was
just going to take a little longer for Moses to get over his speech deficiency. Even with that assurance
from Allah (God) directly to him, Moses still did not feel adequate because he knew he had this limitation
ever since he was a child. Nearly every time he spoke, he reminded himself of that deficiency and, no
doubt, it weighed heavily on his mind.
Moses knew it would be of the utmost importance for him to adequately and properly convey the
right words, in the right way, with the right spirit. Moses then determined in his own mind that if he was
going to be successful in speaking a word unto Pharaoh, then he was going to need some help. He was
going to need the right kind of help. He was going to need someone who complemented him. That one
would need to be able to cover Moses where he had that slight weakness in speech. As a result, Moses
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said to Allah (God), O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send. That
petition upset Allah (God) because He knew Moses was the perfect man for that task.
The Holy Quran records it a bit differently. The Holy Quran does not indicate that Moses
wanted Allah (God) to send someone else, but it does indicate that Moses made a request for help and an
aider from among his people. So Moses petitioned Allah (God) and said to Him:

And give to me an aider from my familyAdd to my strength by him, And make

him share my task So that we may glorify Thee much, And much remember
Thee. Surely, Thou art ever Seeing us. He said; Thou art indeed granted thy
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petition, O Moses.

Also in the Holy Quran it says:

And my brother, Aaron, he is more eloquent in speech than I, so send him with me
as a helper to confirm me. Surely I fear that they would reject me. He said: We
will strengthen thine arm with thy brother, and We will give you both an authority,
so that they shall not reach you. With Our signs, you two and those who follow
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Thus, according to the scriptures, Moses wanted help, needed help, and he prayed to Allah (God) for the
right type of helper who would complement him in his mission.

The Point: Moses prayed to Allah (God) for a helper who could speak well. Thus,
the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses Aaron was a sign of would
likely pray to Allah (God) for an eloquent helper as well.

Allah (God), the All-Seeing and the All-Knowing, could see what impediments His servant had
and knew the best way to aid His servant. So by the time Moses prayed for help, Allah (God) already had
that help fashioned, ready, and waiting. The one whom He sent to help Moses with his mission of leading
the Children of Israel was a man named Aaron.

Aaron Was Sent to Help

When Moses informed Allah (God) of what He already knew, which was that he was not
eloquent in speech, Allah (God) granted his petition for help and gave him a spokesman to help speak on
his behalf. As an answer to his prayers, Allah (God) said to Moses:

Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he
is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Now
you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your
mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do. So he shall be
your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you
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shall be to him as God.
As the scriptures indicate, Aaron, Moses spokesman, was not just one who could speak well, but
would be taught by Moses and subsequently guided by Allah (God). The guidance from Allah (God) is
apparent when He said that He would be with Aarons mouth as He would be with Moses mouth. In
essence, Allah (God) would be with Moses mouth so long as Moses was doing what He commanded him
to do and He would be with Aarons mouth so long as he was helping Moses do what He commanded him
to do. Apparently, if Aaron ceased to help Moses, so would Allah (God) cease to be with Aarons mouth.
The fact that Moses had help does not indicate he was not the right man for the job. After all,
Moses and his people did live in and were enslaved by the most powerful and wicked nation of his day.
Moses had the unenviable task of telling Pharaoh that his injustices did not go unnoticed by Allah (God)
and he would pay for his transgressions against Allah (God)s people. Moses was confident in Allah
(God), but he simply believed he could be more effective with a certain quality of help and that help came
in the person of his brother, Aaron.

The Point: Moses had a spokesperson named Aaron that was a good helper and
an eloquent speaker. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was
a sign of would likely have a capable helper who would also be an eloquent
speaker.

As discussed earlier, Allah (God) taught Moses face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend. To be
taught personally by Allah (God) provided Moses insight and patience with His plan and the mission that
Allah (God) had for him to fulfill. Allah (God) did not teach anyone else like He taught Moses, therefore,

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Lack of insight and patience will invariably lead to mistakes in perception and judgment. The Children of
Israel made such mistakes with Moses and so did his spokesman. One significant error in judgment by his
spokesman was when he criticized Moses for taking on more than one wife.

Domestic Life Criticized By Spokesman

As Moses began leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt, they began to murmur against him
because things were not quite what they expected. Some, no doubt, murmured because they mistakenly
thought when they agreed to leave Egypt and go with Moses into the wilderness that somehow the
wilderness would be as developed as Egypt. Others may have thought the same amenities they enjoyed
in Egypt would be found in the wilderness. Maybe others murmured because they thought it was going
to be a short journey and a near gain, not realizing how long and arduous the road to true freedom would
be. At the root of it all was the peoples misperception of Moses and a misunderstanding of his mission,
which were not just confined to common man or woman among the Children of Israel, but Moses own
spokesperson as well.
As mentioned earlier, there came a time in Moses development that Allah (God) allowed him to
have more than one wife. Allah (God) knew why He permitted it to be and Moses either knew or
eventually learned why He permitted it to be. Others, who were looking on that situation from the outside
in, should have prayed to Allah (God) for patience as they waited for understanding to come. That,
however, is easier said than done and can be quite challenging for one who has not grown to a particular
stage of development. To that end, Moses discovered that his own spokesman was not as developed as he
may have thought.
There came a point in time when Moses took on another wife, though he was already married to
Zipporah. This additional wife was from Ethiopia while Zipporah was from Midian. The scriptures do not
give her name or any details about her life. The details of this wife came to the attention of Moses brother
and sister. Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
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married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Aaron was close to Moses and knew some of the intimate details of Moses life. That did not stop
Aaron from publicizing his discontent with Moses domestic life by engaging Miriam in such a discourse.
Why would Aaron speak against him for taking on another wife? The scriptures do not give any indication
as to the source of the discontent, but maybe it was because Aaron thought that Moses was in error for
taking on another wife. Maybe he thought that Moses was turning his back on his first wife by taking on a
second wife. Whatever the reason, Allah (God) allowed it to happen. Not only did He allow it to happen,
but He chastised Aaron and Miriam for speaking against His servants actions.
Right after Aaron and Miriam were condemning Moses for taking on a second wife, the scriptures
say:

Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. Then He
said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make
Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My
servant Moses;
He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face, even plainly, and
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against them, and He departed.

In this scripture, it is interesting that Allah (God) said Moses was faithful in all [His] house. This is
interesting because there is a possibility that Aaron and Miriam were criticizing Moses because they
thought he was not being faithful to his first wife when, in actuality, he was being faithful to the will of
Allah (God). The will, the purpose, and the plan of Allah (God) provided for Moses to have more than one
wife. Allah (God) was so displeased with the criticism of His servants domestic life that He chastised
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Miriam with the disease of leprosy. Out of his love for his people, Moses then intervened on her behalf
with Allah (God) and the leprosy eventually went away.
Apparently, Allah (God) was telling Aaron and Miriam that He personally instructed and guided
Moses to take on a second wife. Therefore, they should not have anything to say in the way of
condemnation of His servant who had been faithful to Him, which is the most important thing.

The Point: Moses spokesman criticized him for taking on more than one wife.
Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a sign of would
likely have his domestic life criticized by his spokesman as well.

This account of Aaron casts him in a rather unfavorable light. Aaron was supposed to be his
helper, yet, in this scriptural account, he is found being Moses detractor. Another perspective on Moses
spokesperson, however, emerges from the scriptures almost as if there is another side to his spokesperson.
This side of Aaron was so obedient and reverential, that Allah (God) directed Moses to take him and to
anoint him in front of the Children of Israel.

Anointed Aaron in Front of the Children of Israel

There came a time in Aarons development when he began to shine as the star that Moses saw
forming in the darkness. Aaron was not just a star to Moses. He was also a star to Allah (God) and He
wanted that to be known among the people. So, one day, Allah (God) directed Moses to assemble the
Children of Israel together in the tabernacle or temple. After he got them assembled, He directed Moses
to anoint Aaron in front of them. This public anointing would be a clear indication that Aaron was the one
chosen by Allah (God) to aid Moses in his mission of leading the Children of Israel out from under the
wicked and oppressive hand of Pharaoh and to prepare them for entry into the Promised Land.
In the book of Leviticus, it says:

The LORD said to Moses, "Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the
anointing oiland gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the Tent of
Meeting." Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the assembly gathered at
the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Moses said to the assembly, "This is what the
LORD has commanded to be done."
Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with
water. He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the
robe and put the ephod on him. He also tied the ephod to him by its skillfully woven
waistband; so it was fastened on him. He placed the breastpiece on him and put
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 Then he placed the turban on Aaron's head and set the gold plate, the sacred
diadem, on the front of it, as the LORD commanded Moses. Then Moses took the
anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated
them
He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to
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consecrate him.
Such an anointing in front of the Children of Israel not only distinguished Aaron from all the other
helpers of Moses, but it was an indication of Aarons importance to Allah (God).

The Point: Moses anointed his spokesman in front of the congregation of the
Children of Israel. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the historical Moses was a
sign of would likely anoint his spokesman in front of the congregation of his
people.

There were multiple reasons why Aaron stood out among his brethren. His oratorical abilities and
eloquence no doubt caused him to stand head and shoulders above the rest. Probably more important than
his oratorical abilities, however, was Aarons unmatched love for his teacher, Moses. Moses was not only
love by Aaron, but Moses was viewed as God to Aaron.

Moses was as God to Aaron

As previously discussed, Allah (God) spoke with Moses face-to-face as a man speaks to his
friend. During the time He was speaking with Moses face-to-face, He was likely doing more than just
imparting knowledge to Moses, such as telling Moses what took place In the beginning. He was likely
doing more than just giving Moses the assignment to go to Pharaoh to liberate His people. He was likely
shaping Moses mind, body, and soul to mirror His own. In effect, He was making Moses into Himself.
Said another way, Allah (God) was making Moses into a god.
Raising Moses to be a god makes sense when one considers that Allah (God) raised Moses to
take His place in going after and freeing His people. Consider if a pilot trains someone to take his place to
fly a plane from one location to another, then what else could that pilot make out of that trainee but another
pilot? If a head chef trains a cook to take her place at the top of a restaurant, then what else could that
head chef make out of that trainee but another head chef? Well, if Allah (God) comes to deliver a people,
He finds one and raises that one to take His place among the people, then what else could He be making
that one into but a god? Well, that is exactly what He did with Moses and He, in fact, told Moses he
would be as god.
In the book of Exodus, just after Moses mentioned that he was not eloquent of speech, the
scripture says Allah (God) asked Moses:

Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he
is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Now
you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your
mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do. So he shall be
your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you
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Here, the last sentence says Moses would be as God to Aaron. A book could be written on that one
sentence alone, but there are a few things that could be said about it. If Moses would be as God to
Aaron, then that says something about Allah (God), Moses, and Aaron. One thing it says about Allah
(God) is He knew what He was doing when He was working with Moses. He knew He was fashioning
Moses after Himself. He knew when He finished, Moses would not be the same man that he was before.
He knew what He was imparting to Moses would make Moses like Himself, thus, He made Moses into
Himself or into a god.
With respect to Aaron, scriptures elude to the love Aaron would have for his teacher. Aaron
would love his teacher as if his teacher was Allah (God). Such a statement should not be interpreted to
mean that Aaron was polytheistic. He was not that, but Aaron would love Moses as one should love Allah
(God). Aaron obeyed Moses as one should obey Allah (God). Aaron feared disappointing Moses as one
should fear disappointing Allah (God). So it is not that Aaron worshipped Moses as God, but Aaron
responded to Moses as he would respond to Allah (God).
What would make Aaron respond to Moses in such a way? It was not that Moses walked around
saying he was Allah (God), but Moses reflected the light and wisdom of Allah (God) so much that Aaron,
who was a highly spiritual man, was able to see Allah (God) coming through Moses. So when Aaron saw
Moses, it was as if he was looking at Allah (God).
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Even though the scriptures say that Allah (God) is a jealous God, Allah (God) knew what He
was doing when He made Moses into Himself and when He fashioned the heart of Aaron. Allah (God)
knew Aaron would respond to Moses in such a way. How differently should Moses helper have
responded to a man who Allah (God) made into a god?
Further to the point of Moses being made into a god, Aaron was not the only one who would view
Moses as a god. Pharaoh also viewed Moses as a god, but for totally different reasons. Pharaoh would
view Moses as a god not because Pharaoh was a highly spiritual person, but because the Power backing
Moses was so great as illustrated through the plagues brought down on Egypt that Pharaoh simply
concluded Moses had to be a god.
As Allah (God) was preparing Moses to go unto Pharaoh, He knew He would back His servants
words with plagues. So, before He brought down the first plague on Egypt, Allah (God) sought to comfort
His servant by telling Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother shall be
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your prophet. This scripture clearly states that Allah (God) made Moses into a god.
So Allah (God) made Moses into a god in Pharaohs eyes because of how He backed His servant
with power and He made Moses into a god in the eyes of Aaron because Aarons highly spiritual nature
allowed him to see Allah (God) shining forth through Moses as the sun shines in a lightly clouded sky.

The Point: Moses was as God to Aaron. Thus, the prophetic Moses whom the
historical Moses was a sign of would likely be as a god to his spokesman.

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THE POINTS
The following is a synopsis of the points that have been discussed in the life of the historical
Moses:

1. There was a plot to kill him, which prompted him to flee from where he was and to
begin his mission (Exodus 2:15; Holy Quran 28:15-16),

2. He met Allah (God) in Midian (Arabia) (Exodus 3:1-4; Holy Quran 20:10-15),

3. He spoke with Allah (God) face to face as a man speaks to his friend (Exodus
33:11),

4. He saw Allah (God) leave his presence and only saw Him from the back when He left
(Exodus 33:21-23),

5. Allah (God) raised Moses to take His place in delivering the Children of Israel from
Egypt (Exodus 3:6-10),

6. He was not eloquent of speech (Exodus 4:10-12),

7. He had more than one wife, one was from Midian (Saudi Arabia)(Exodus 18:2) and
another one was from Ethiopia (Numbers 12:1),

8. He led the Children of Israel who were enslaved and mistreated for 400 years (Genesis
15:13),

9. He challenged the most powerful ruler of his day (Exodus 5:1; Holy Quran 7:103-105),

10. He had the knowledge of what took place in the beginning of creation, which was well
before he was even born (Genesis 1:1 2:3),

11. He advocated for separation of the Children of Israel from their oppressors (Exodus
33:13-17),

12. He discouraged intermarriage between the Children of Israel and the strangers in the
land in which Allah (God) led them into (Deuteronomy 7:1-4),

13. He brought a strict law because the Children of Israel were stiff-necked and rebellious
(Deuteronomy 5:1-22),

14. He taught what foods to eat and what foods not to eat (Leviticus 11:1-12),

15. He started a three year economic savings program for the Children of Israel
(Deuteronomy 14:22-29),

16. He referred to the Children of Israel as a nation (Exodus 33:13),

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18. He brought a unique teaching to the Children of Israel that had never been heard
before (Deuteronomy 8:1-3),

19. The Children of Israel discarded his teachings after he was no longer among them
(Deuteronomy 31:27-29),

20. He prayed for help (Exodus 4:13; Holy Quran 20:29-36),

21. Aaron was appointed as his spokesperson (Exodus 4:14-16; Holy Quran 28:34),

22. His spokesperson criticized him for taking on more than one wife (Numbers 12:1),

23. He anointed Aaron in front of the congregation of the Children of Israel (Leviticus 8:1-
13), and

24. Allah (God) made him into a god (Exodus 4:16, 7:1).
This book started with asking the question of whether or not the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad could be the fulfillment of the prophetic scripture in Deuteronomy 18:18, which referred to
one being raised like unto Moses. The previous points were lifted from the scriptures as major aspects of
Moses life. The next logical step involves looking at significant aspects in the life of the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad to see how closely his life parallels these significant aspects in Moses life.
The closer the parallels, the more likely it is that he is the fulfillment of the prophetic scripture of
one who Allah (God) would raise like unto Moses.

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THE MOST HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD

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On or around October 7, 1897, a child was born by the name of Elijah Poole. He was the
seventh of 13 children born to Willie and Maria Poole and reared in Sandersville, Georgia. In some
communities at the turn of the 20th century, working in the fields with the family was more important than
school. This was the case with the Poole family, so young Elijahs formal education ended before he could
complete the 4th grade as he began to assist his father on the various plantations his family worked on.
At a very young age, the Bible became a source of great interest to him. This is not unusual for
someone whose father and grandfather were both Baptist preachers. The Poole family eventually settled
down in Cordele, Georgia, where Elijah grew up and met his soon-to-be wife, Clara Belle Evans. They
were married in March of 1919. The newlywed couple, in search of a better life, traveled to Macon,
Georgia, where they started their family. Life in Macon proved to be as tumultuous as in other places in
the South. In Georgia, in particular, there was increasing racial tension and constant accounts of lynchings,
beatings, and shootings of Black men.
In April of 1923, once again on that seemingly never-ending quest for stability, security, and a
better way of life, Elijah packed his bags and, with the support of his loving wife, headed North. His
journey landed him in Detroit, Michigan, thanks to the heavenly description of the North expressed in the
Chicago Defender newspaper.
The Chicago Defender spoke of good jobs, better living conditions, and less racial animosity than
what was plaguing the South. Elijah discovered some of what he had read was true, and he was blessed
to secure a better paying job than what he had in Georgia. In the fall of 1923, he earned sufficient wages
to send for his family to join him in Detroit.
He was able to send for his family because of his gainful employment at the Southern Railroad
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Company and the Cherokee Brick Company where he worked as a foreman and a builder. After the
rest of his family joined him in Detroit, the family began to grow. In fact, the growth of his family
outpaced the growth of his wages. This imbalance led to an increasing inability to make ends meet, which
led to frustration.
To make matters worse, around that same time, America was in the throes of the Great
Depression, which, according to many scholars, saw industrial production drop 47 percent and
unemployment was more than 20 percent. Elijah worked in industrial production and, no doubt, was
affected in some way by the steep economic downturn. He, like many other men during that period,
looked to something to mask the pain and despair of not being able to adequately support his family. He
found his solace in the bottom of a bottle. All of that changed in September of 1931.
As discussed earlier, Elijah Poole heard Master Fard Muhammad teach for the first time on
September 22, 1931, and became His personal student. He taught him for three years and four months,
and at the end of that period, Master Fard Muhammad had succeeded in reproducing Himself in His star
pupil.
At a certain point, Master Fard Muhammad knew it was time for Him to leave, but He had to pick
someone to lead the community of Muslims in His absence. He chose that one that He poured Himself
into and that one was Elijah Poole who He later renamed Elijah Karriem then Elijah Muhammad. Not
everyone, however, was pleased with Master Fard Muhammads choice of who would succeed him.
Their displeasure rose to envy, their envy rose to hatred, and their hatred eventually rose to thoughts of
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Plot to Kill the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad

In September of 1931, Master Fard Muhammad had already made Himself known to Black
people in Detroit for a little over 14 months. He already had followers and He had laborers who worked
closely with Him. Thus, He already had a community who believed in Him for some time prior to the first
time the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad met Him.
As with many great leaders such as Jesus and his disciples, oftentimes the disciples of a great
leader will jockey for position to be as near to that leader as possible. Such occurs because of the need
for attention or a desire to be the successor of that leader or a combination of both.
Just before His departure in February of 1935, Master Fard Muhammad gathered His laborers
and asked them who they thought should succeed Him as the leader of the group. After they made their
choice, whoever that was, Master Fard Muhammad asked them if He could make His choice. Of course,
no one was silly enough to deny that request. Master Fard Muhammad then looked to the back of the
room and called for His chief student, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, to step forward because he
was His choice to lead after Him.
As one can imagine, that choice did not sit well with some of those who were followers longer
than the Messenger was. It also did not sit well with those who had visions of their own greatness; those
who, in their own minds, thought they should be the next leader. What they did not see in the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad was what Master Fard Muhammad saw in him. Master Fard Muhammad
saw in him the exact material He needed to mold into shape and make him into a man of divine destiny.
He may have had faults and there were others who had been around longer than him, who knew more
than him, and who could speak better than him. Evidently, that was not the criteria Master Fard
Muhammad used to arrive at His decision. He looked beyond the surface of the man and looked to the
core of the man. He looked to the core of his spirit, the core of his fortitude, the core of his courage and
found exactly what He was looking for.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad may not have physically looked like the right person for
the job in the eyes of some, but he had the right spirit, the right resolve, the right strength, and, most
importantly, the right amount of faith to carry the mantle that Master Fard Muhammad was about to
bestow upon him.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan once said:

So the helper is not to look exactly like the person he is helping, but the helper
helps in the expanded version of the mission of the Master who preceded him and
laid the foundation for him.
When the Master leaves, with his fully developed understanding of the depth
and the breadth of his mission, he can now guide the servant who works in the
expanded aspects of the mission, to help him in an expanded way. Thus, his work
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compliments the initial work that was done by the master.

As for those shortsighted followers who disagreed with His choice, Master Fard Muhammad knew what
they knew not. Eventually, He left and it was time for His chief disciple to lead. After He left the
Messenger in charge, for lack of a better phrase, all hell broke loose. Some of those who disagreed with
Master Fard Muhammad over His choice were thoroughly angry and envious. That anger and envy grew
to the point where it caused a destabilization in their minds and actually prompted some of them to devise a
plan to kill the Messenger of Allah (God). Presumably, they figured if they killed him, they would ascend
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 Those who previously claimed to have loved and claimed to have been a follower of Master Fard
Muhammad refused to love and follow His choice. Though his life was in jeopardy, the Messenger did not
buy a gun for protection. He simply called on Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad to
protect him and He did. One of those who sought to take his life was his very own blood brother whose
name was Kollate.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad mentioned this situation in Message to the Blackman,
when he wrote:

May Allah pour upon the hypocrites the chastisement that He poured upon my
Mothers son, my own brother who rose up against me in 1935 and joined himself
with those who were bent upon taking my life away. This was for no cause other
than jealousy and envy of my mission. May Allah strike them with terror and grief
that they may not have rest day or night for they return to me evil for good. I have
been better to them than they were to themselves. Let Allah judge between me
and the hypocrites and disbelievers who take Allah and His Messenger and religion
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for mockery.

When he discovered the plot to kill him, he left town. He was on the run from those hypocrites for seven
years. It was their seeking to take his life that prompted him to travel all over America. He crisscrossed
the country. His would-be assassins wanted to kill him, but Allah (God) would not allow it. Allah (God)
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allowed His servant to be pursued for His purpose.
Though his life was in peril, one of the benefits of this episode in his life was it helped to promote
the spread of Islam in America among Black people. This happened because in nearly every city he
traveled into, while skillfully evading his pursuers, he would stop and teach the people in those cities the
wisdom Master Fard Muhammad gave him. Thus, what the enemies of the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad meant for evil, Allah (God), in the person of Master Fard Muhammad, meant for good.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses began his mission with others trying to kill him. He,
too, evaded his pursuers by travelling to places out of the reach of his would-be assassins. This is found in
the book of Exodus, where it says, When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But
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Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian. If the Bible contains the
literal word of Allah (God), as some maintain, then this scripture would have to be accepted on face value.
The significance of this scripture is that Allah (God) stated in the 18th chapter of Deuteronomy that He
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would raise up one in the future like unto Moses.
Since the word of God is true and Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there
would come a time when a man, like Moses, would begin his mission by fleeing from others who were
trying to kill him.
So a parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses began his mission with people attempting to kill him, and the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad began his mission with people attempting to kill
him.

Does the fact that the Messenger of Allah (God) began his mission with people plotting to kill him,
in and of itself, mean he is the fulfillment of the prophetic Moses who was to come? No. It is simply an

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indication that this aspect of his life parallels that aspect of Moses life. The more the parallels, however,
the greater the likelihood he is the fulfillment of the prophetic Moses.
Of course, the Messenger did not raise himself. He met a Man who cleaned him up, taught him,
and gave him his assignment. The Man he met who did all those things was Allah (God) in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad, who was born in Mecca, Arabia.

Met Allah (God) From Arabia

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that God is a man and we just cannot make Him
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other than man. In Message to the Blackman, he said of Allah (God):

The Christians do not believe in God as being a human being, yet they believe
in Him as being the Father of all human beings. They also refer to God as He,
Him, Man, King and The Ruler. They teach that God sees, hears, talks, walks,
stands, sits, rides and flies; that He grieves or sorrows; and that He is interested in
the affairs of human beings.
They also teach that once upon a time He made the first man like Himself, in
the image and likeness of Himself, but yet they believe that He, Himself, is not a
man or human. They preach and prophesy of His coming and that He will be seen
on the Judgment Day but is not man.
They cannot tell us what He looks like, yet man is made like Him and in the
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image of God, and yet they still say that He is a mystery (unknown).

In the Bible, in the Book of John, it states,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was GodBut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to thee that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
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the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
If the Word was God and the Word was made flesh, then God (Allah) would come in the flesh. God
(Allah) coming in the flesh could only mean that He would show up in the form of a Man. Nearly every
Christian on the planet believes that Jesus is God (Allah). Anyone who holds that view would have to
recognize that Jesus was a man. Since Jesus was a man, then even from a Christians perspective, God
(Allah) is a man.
That being the case, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that Allah (God) appeared in
the Person of a Man named Master Fard Muhammad. The Minister explained Master Fard Muhammad
like this:

Master Fard Muhammad is the Conduit through Whom the Message from the Lord
of the worlds came to us. He is Alive and has Absolute Power to bring His Will
into fruition because His Will is in complete harmony with the Eternal Will of the
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Since Allah (God) is a Man, then He had to be born somewhere on the planet. In Message to the
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Blackman, the Messenger said, Allah came to us from the Holy City Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 1930.
Therefore, the Man who he met in September of 1931 that he recognized as being Allah (God) in person
was born in Saudi Arabia.
Interestingly, Moses met Allah (God) for the first time in Midian (Saudi Arabia) in the account of
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the burning bush.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when a
man would meet with Allah (God) and there would be some connection between Allah (God) and Midian
(Saudi Arabia).
So a parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses met Allah (God) in Saudi Arabia, and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad met Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad who
was born in Saudi Arabia.

When the Messenger met Master Fard Muhammad, it was not in a vision, in a dream, or over the
telephone. He met with him face to face.

Met with Master Fard Muhammad Face-to-face

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard
Muhammad taught him for three years and four months. In those 40 months, he had the occasions to see
his Teacher face-to-face.
In the Theology of Time lecture series given in 1972 at the Temple in front of more than 1,000
people, the Messenger of Allah (God) said, God came to me in 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. He taught me
for three years and four months in person. I was not dreaming. I was looking at Him in person for three
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years and four months. He taught me night and day.
In Message to the Blackman, he said on this point:

Allah came to us from the Holy City Mecca, Arabia, in 1930. He used the name
Wallace D. Fard, often signing it W.D. FardHe came alone. He began teaching
us the knowledge of ourselves, of God and the devil, of the measurement of the
earthI asked him, Who are you, and what is your real name? He said, I am
the one that the world has been expecting for the past 2,000 years. I said to Him
again, What is your name? He said, My name is Mahdi; I am God, I came to
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guide you into the right path that you may be successful and see the hereafter.

In Fall of America, he came right out and said, I met with Allah as Moses met with Jehovah. Allah has
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revealed the truth unto me. It is up to you to believe it or let it alone. Clearly, he was not confused,
timid, or ashamed about saying he met face-to-face with Allah (God) in the Person of a Man. Whether
someone believes him or not, it is irrefutable that he declared it to the whole world.
It is not everyday a person declares that he or she met face-to-face with Allah (God). If a person

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makes such a declaration, then that person is normally written off as a mad man or a crazy person
and led away to a room with padded walls. It is even more rare to hear a person of prominence make
such a statement. The Messenger had no problem telling it to anyone who would listen.
Interestingly, the Bible says of Moses that [t]he Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man
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speaks to his friend.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would speak with and teach a man face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses spoke with Allah (God) face-to-face as a man speaks to his
friend, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad spoke with Allah (God) in the
person of Master Fard Muhammad face-to-face as a man speaks to his friend.

There came a point after their numerous face-to-face meetings that Master Fard Muhammad
would leave His student so His student could move on to the next phase of his mission.

He Saw Master Fard Muhammad Leave

When Master Fard Muhammad met the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad He knew He had
accomplished part of what He wanted to achieve. He had not only found one worthy to carry the weighty
word that He brought, but He had sufficiently deposited His spirit, knowledge, wisdom, and way into one
who He did not have to be concerned about whether or not that one would deviate from what He had
taught him.
During the course of those three years and four months, Master Fard Muhammad was able to
observe His chief student and see he was ready to carry on His mission of mentally and spiritually
resurrecting the Black man and woman of North America, and eventually the world.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has recounted what took place when it came time for
Master Fard Muhammad to physically depart from His chief student. He has stated that Master Fard
Muhammad, while standing face-to-face with His Messenger, told him that he did not need Him anymore.
That statement confused the Messenger because he did not ever want to be without his Leader, Teacher,
and Guide. So, in response, the Messenger conveyed to his Teacher in a humble manner that he felt that
he did still need Him. Master Fard Muhammad knew, however, that His student was ready for the next
phase of his mission. So He reassured the Messenger that he was ready and before leaving him, Master
Fard Muhammad took the Messengers hand and pressed into it a small piece of paper. On that paper was
written the 23rd Psalm, which reads:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green
pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in
the paths of righteousness for His names sake. Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod
and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of
my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the
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At that moment, Master Fard Muhammad turned and began walking away from His student. The Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad could no longer see his face, but only saw the back of Him as He departed.
The Minister teaches that tears fell from the Messengers eyes as he saw His Saviour walking
away. He was crying because he loved his Teacher deeply and did not want to see Him leave because he
did not believe he was ready to lead the flock in the absence of his Teacher. Little did he know, Master
Fard Muhammad had given him all he needed to sustain himself and his followers in His absence. In
addition, though Master Fard Muhammad would not be physically present, He would still be watching over
and protecting His servant who He invested so much into.
Interestingly, the scriptures say that Moses was in the physical presence of Allah (God) and at a
certain point he saw Him leave. When He left, Allah (God) said to Moses, you shall see My back; but
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My face shall not be seen.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when a
man would be in His physical presence. Then, at a certain time, Allah (God) would walk away from that
man and he would only see Him from the back, but would not see His face anymore.
Another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses watched Allah (God) leave from his physical presence, and
the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad watched Allah (God) in the person of
Master Fard Muhammad leave from his physical presence.

By the time Master Fard Muhammad departed, He knew that He deposited enough of Himself
into His top student to help His student carry out the next phase of the mission. In the three years and
four months that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad met face-to-face with Master Fard Muhammad,
something tremendous was happening. Master Fard Muhammad was not only teaching him knowledge
and wisdom that he did not know before, but He was preparing His top student to take His place among
the people.

Raised to Take Master Fard Muhammads Place

As previously discussed, Master Fard Muhammad made Himself known in Detroit, Michigan on
July 4, 1930. At that time, He began interacting with Black people and, among other things, began
teaching them Islam. Master Fard Muhammad garnered the attention of thousands of Black people
before the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad met Him for the first time on September 22, 1931. So
Master Fard Muhammad had already begun the process of mentally, morally, and spiritually resurrecting
Black people before the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad even knew He existed.
After they met, however, Master Fard Muhammad knew He found the one He was looking for.
He knew He had found the one He could mold into a leader of Biblical proportions. So that molding
process began. Unbeknownst to the student, the Teacher was, among other things, preparing him to take
His place. Maybe that is why Master Fard Muhammad taught him day and night for three years and four
months. Maybe He took that kind of time with his student because He knew He was going to leave him in
His place to perform the function for which He came. Thus, He left His protg in charge and on His
assignment at the end of the three years and four months.
Master Fard Muhammad did not take that kind of time with anyone else. He knew He had to pour
a tremendous amount of Himself into His student if His student stood a chance at being successful in
carrying out the purpose for which Master Fard Muhammad went to Detroit and made Himself known.
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land. When He got to Detroit, He raised one up to perform that task, that one being the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad.
Interestingly, the Bible says something similar of Allah (God) and Moses. In the book of Exodus,
Allah (God) said to Moses, I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in EgyptSo I have
come down to deliver them out of the hand of the EgyptiansCome now, therefore, and I will send you
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(Moses) to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would make Himself known to a man like Moses and that man would take His place among the
people, fulfilling what He came to do.
Another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Allah (God) raised Moses to take His place in delivering the
Children of Israel from their oppression in Egypt, and Allah (God) in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad raised the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to take His
place in delivering Black people in America from the oppressive grip of their open
enemy.

The Messenger of Allah (God) had the awesome task of liberating Black people from their former
slave masters, not with guns, but with a word. Logically, a person would think that Allah (God) would find
the most eloquent speaker among the oppressed to give such an assignment to, but He did not. In fact, He
found one who was not eloquent in speech and who oft times spoke in broken English.

Broken English

As previously mentioned, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads formal education ended before
he completed the fourth grade of school. As a result, he was not formally trained in the nuances of
English grammar and syntax, so he did not always speak perfect, grammatically-correct English. One will
hear, from time-to-time, what is referred to as broken English when listening to many of his lectures.
The Messengers lack of formal education was actually a credit in one sense. It allowed Master
Fard Muhammad to not compete with the knowledge of this world in order to fill him with the knowledge
of truth that was not present in this world. Also, no one would be able to legitimately say that he or she
did not understand him because he used the simplest language to convey the most profound truth.
Some people might use his broken English as a way to dismiss the knowledge and wisdom that
he brought. Those same individuals, however, cannot dismiss the transformative affect he and his
Teachings have on the lives of those who follow him. They cannot dismiss the major independent school
system he created that taught thousands of Black children all over America. They cannot dismiss the
value of the Muhammad Speaks newspaper, which, at one point, sold more than a million copies a week.
They cannot dismiss the Muhammad Speaks printing press he purchased for more than $1 million in the
early 70s. They cannot dismiss the economic juggernaut he created, which consisted of thousands of
acres of farmland, dozens of tractor-trailer trucks, millions of pounds of fish imports a month, chain
restaurants, grocery stores, and other enterprises.
Thus, his challenge to always abide by the rules of grammar evidently had no bearing on the
matchless spiritual, moral, social, and economic impact he made not just on Black people in America but
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also on America itself. As the scripture says, Wisdom is justified of her children. Then, grammar
notwithstanding, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad showed his wisdom through what Allah (God)
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 Why would Allah (God) send a messenger to His people who could not speak eloquently, but
would use simple words? During the Theology of Time lecture series, the Messenger of Allah (God)
answered this question by saying:
A plain warner, says the Holy Quran, would be sent to you whose words
will be easy for you to understand. He will speak your own language, and he will
be chosen from among you. There will be no stranger coming out of the East to
you.
It will be one of your own selves, like God has always done in the past
He raised up a warner or prophet from among the people whom He would warn,
so they will not have any excuse to say that they dont understand that stranger.
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There was no such plain truth taught to us in the past.
A plain warner would have to speak plainly and not speak above the average persons ability to
comprehend. What some people may view as a flaw, Allah (God) used as a means to get the truth to His
people.
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Interestingly, the scriptures say Moses was not eloquent and was slow of speech.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would choose a man to deliver His people with a word, yet that man would not be the most eloquent
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of speakers and would, at times, be slow of speech.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses was not always eloquent of speech, and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad was not always eloquent of speech.
Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad guided His servant to say things and to do
things that would ultimately serve His purpose and His plan. One such thing was that He guided His
servant to take on more than one wife.

More Than One Wife

One of the most controversial and misunderstood aspects of the life of the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad is that he had more than one wife. One may argue anyone who has more than one wife is an
oppressor of women. One could also argue that such an act is against the laws of God (Allah). Both
positions, however, would be inconsistent with the word of God (Allah) found in the Bible.
Multiple prophets and other men of God (Allah) had more than one wife, such as:
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Abdon, Abijah, Abraham, Ashur, Caleb, David, Eliphaz, Esau, Ezra,
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Gideon, Jacob, Moses, Saul, and Solomon just to name a few.
Thus, anyone who claims the Bible contains the unadulterated word of God (Allah) has to
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accept that His word does not prohibit His servants from having more than one wife.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate Moses had more than one wife. One of his wives was from
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Midian (Saudi Arabia) and the other wife was from Ethiopia.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
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Another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses had more than one wife, and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad had more than one wife.

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All the points discussed above show the significant and striking parallels between Moses and the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as men. There are also significant and striking parallels between their
respective missions.

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 As previously mentioned, Allah (God) made a covenant with Abraham. In that covenant, He said
He would bless Abrahams seed to come out of a land with great substance, but that would only occur
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after his seed was afflicted in a foreign land for 400 years. The book of Exodus then speaks of Allah
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(God) raising Moses to liberate His people from Pharaoh in Egypt after 430 years. Some scholars
maintain the account in Exodus is the actual fulfillment of Allah (God)s covenant with Abraham.
In reality, however, the account given in Exodus was more prophetic than historical. How would a
person know the account given in Exodus was more prophetic than historical? That would be known
because of the significant element of prophesy contained in the account. Meaning, Allah (God) said He
would raise one like Moses. That occurrence would be prophetic in that the fulfillment would occur
sometime after He made that declaration to Moses.
Scripturally, if Moses led the Children of Israel for 40 years and Allah (God) would raise a man
like unto Moses, then there would also have to be a people like the Children of Israel who the prophetic
fulfillment of Moses would lead. The account of what is written in the Bible cannot be used as the
justification for a group claiming to be the Children of Israel. At best, what is found in the scriptures is a
historical account of something that happened thousands of years ago, however, the prophetic fulfillment of
that was to occur sometime afterwards.
Different groups have claimed to be the prophetic fulfillment of the Children of Israel. The best
way to determine who the real Children of Israel are, however, is to look at the history and characteristics
of the Children of Israel found in the Bible and use that as the yardstick to measure the history and
characteristics of other groups. When the Biblical account parallels the history of a particular group of
people to the exclusion of others, then, chances are, that singular group of people are the real Children of
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The Real Children of Israel

Arguably, the most significant identifying characteristic of the Biblical Children of Israel is that
they were enslaved and mistreated for 400 years in a land not their own. World history records only one
group of people who were physically enslaved and subsequently mistreated in a land not their own and that
is the Black man and woman of North America.

Strangers in a Land Not Their Own

During the 1400s, Caucasian Europeans began to explore beyond the lands in which they were
primarily confined, which was then called West Asia. Today, those lands are called Europe. As they
explored and discovered the Western Hemisphere, they developed settler communities. They had in
their minds not just to explore to see what was beyond the sea, but they also had in their wicked minds the
thought to subdue the land and subjugate any people they encountered.
They discovered that people were already in the Western Hemisphere prior to their arrival. Not
long afterward, the indigenous people, known as Indians, found themselves oppressed by these
foreigners and were eventually turned into slaves in their own land. The indigenous inhabitants, however,
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were not physically capable of enduring such oppressively laborious conditions.
So, those same wicked Europeans went on a search to find a people who could physically endure
such conditions. Their search ended when they discovered the Black people of Africa. They knew that if
the Black people could survive and thrive in the unforgiving conditions in Africa, then they could withstand
what these Europeans had in mind for the Western Hemisphere. The next step for these Europeans to
consider was how to get the Blacks from their native land in Africa to shores of foreign lands and, thus,
the trans-Atlantic slave trade began.
During the trans-Atlantic slave trade, entire villages were kidnapped, shackled, and forcibly led
from the sanctuary of familiar surroundings to the shores of West Africa. When they arrived in West
Africa, they were loaded onto ships as cargo and taken into lands unknown. Some scholars estimate the
trans-Atlantic slave trade involved between 10-20 million Black people from Africa. Though the estimates
may vary, one thing is certain, the suffering heaped upon them by their wicked, brutal, and bestial
European slave traders was unconscionable.

310 years of Servitude Slavery

One place where slaves were taken was to the 13 colonies in what is now known as the United
States of America. Many historians maintain that slavery did not begin in the 13 colonies until 1619 when
20 Black slaves were sold in Jamestown, Virginia. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, however,
taught that slavery in the 13 colonies did not begin in 1619, but actually began in 1555 under a man named
John Hawkins.
In an article written by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he gave some of this known
history. There he wrote:

The problem began 400 years ago, from the very first day that our forefathers set
the sole of their feet on the soil here in the Western Hemisphere, in the days of
John Hawkins. It was in the year 1555. He was an English slave trader. In the year
1555 when John Hawkins began bringing our people away from our own native
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realize at that time that by bringing us here as slaves, he was sentencing his white
brothers here to their doom. For the evil that they have, and are still doing to our
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people here cannot be forgiven.

In Message to the Blackman, he said:

The Lord God of Islam taught me that in 1555 a devil by the name of John
Hawkins, or Hopkins, of England brought the first of our parents here for slave
purposes. We were not to be citizens, not to be represented as human or to be
given equal justice under the American laws.
In 300 years of slavery, we were lashed, beaten and killed; given no
education; and reared and cared for like the slave-masters stock (horses, cows
and other domestic animals). Our children were separated to different plantation
owners.
For the last approximately 100 years of so-called freedom, the so-called
Negroes have been subjected to the worst inhuman treatment of any people who
have ever lived on the earth. They (the devils) have lynched and burned the so-
called Negroes during the past century as sport for their wives and children to
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enjoy!

This enslavement of the Black man and woman in the Western Hemisphere went on for hundreds of years
before white men in America elected their first president in 1781. Thereafter, the first 15 presidents of the
United States all presided over a country that sanctioned the servitude slavery of Black people. In fact,
some presidents were slave owners themselves. Evidently, those presidents had no moral conflict with the
notion of enslaving and mistreating another people. The slaves that lived under these presidents had no
reason to believe that their plight would improve during their presidency.
Something changed, however, with the election of President Abraham Lincoln. By the time white
men in America elected Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States in 1860, Black people
had already been enslaved on the shores of America for 305 years. Abraham Lincoln, however, was the
first president to openly discuss halting the expansion of slavery and ultimately ending slavery altogether.
His advocacy, however, was not for altruistic reasons but for political reasons.
Lincolns opposition to the expansion of slavery into the North became public in 1858 when he
was running to become a U.S. senator. He lost that race, but was able to secure the Republican
nomination for president in 1859. When he won the nomination, the leaders of the Southern states were
not pleased because they accurately believed that his presidency would mark the potential end of their
way of life living lavishly off the fruits of slavery.
In 1860, when Abraham Lincoln, in fact, won the presidency of the United States, the South broke
away from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America and elected their own president
name Jefferson Davis. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office as the 16th president
of the United States. Six weeks later, on April 21, 1861, the Civil War started over the issue of slavery in
the South.
Undoubtedly, free and enslaved Blacks in the North and enslaved Blacks in the South became
optimistic when they heard, for the first time in their entire life, that a president of the United States openly
advocated for ending slavery. To hear for the first time - through whatever means were available - that
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glimmer of hope for a brighter tomorrow. No doubt, that hope grew into excitement at even the thought of
being free.
Their excitement aside, Abraham Lincolns advocacy for ending slavery did not mean that he was
a friend of Black people. It meant that it was expedient for him to free Black people just to save the union
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of the North and the South, which the Civil War threatened.
On January 1, 1863, as the Civil War savagely raged on in the South, Abraham Lincoln signed
what he called the Emancipation Proclamation, which was not a liberating document at all. At best, it was
merely a symbolic slap-in-the-face of the Southern states because the document proclaimed that slavery
would no longer exist in the South. Hypocritically, the document did not proclaim an end to slavery in the
Northern states.
Thus, it was symbolic because the proclamation only applied to the Southern states that did not
recognize the legitimacy of Abraham Lincoln as their president anyway; therefore, it had absolutely no
efficacy whatsoever on the institution of slavery. In addition, the Emancipation Proclamation was more
akin to a presidential Executive Order as opposed to a more official act of Congress. One man signs an
Executive Order while an act of Congress takes the concerted will of multiple members.
As both sides to the conflict relentlessly sustained mounting casualties during the war, the North
began to sense an impending victory in the South. Also, with abolitionists like Frederick Douglass
masterfully articulating the need to end slavery, the will to pass an act of Congress belatedly came on
January 31, 1865. On that date, certain members of Congress proposed the 13th Amendment. To be clear,
the proposed amendment still did not abolish slavery completely, but merely reserved it as punishment for a
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crime.
With the proposal of the 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln challenged the way of life of some
powerful slaveholding men and, at the same time, became a marked man for even daring to free Black
people from slavery.
Abraham Lincolns duplicity notwithstanding, his desire to free the slaves in the South gave hope
to millions of slaves. Those who were aware of the Civil War could not believe that tens of thousands of
white men from the North were actually fighting and losing their lives to end slavery. It is likely the
Southern slaves looked to one man Abraham Lincoln as the reason why the institution of slavery could
end in their lifetime.
The life of Abraham Lincoln meant a better life for millions of slaves. No doubt nearly every
slave who heard of Abraham Lincolns efforts prayed for his success. No doubt they prayed for his
health. No doubt they prayed for his protection because his life was precious to them and pivotal to their
future.
Booker T. Washington captured the moment when he said in his monumental book, Up From
Slavery:

So far as I can now recall, the first knowledge that I got of the fact that we
were slaves, and that freedom of the slaves was being discussed, was early one
morning before day, when I was awakened by my mother kneeling over her
children and fervently praying that Lincoln and his armies might be successful, and
that one day she and her children might be free.
In this connection I have never been able to understand how the slaves
throughout the South, completely ignorant as were the masses so far as books or
newspapers were concerned, were able to keep themselves so accurately and
completely informed about the great National questions that were agitating the
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I hear my mother and the other slaves on the plantation indulge in. These
discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept
themselves informed of events by what was termed the grape-vine telegraph.
During the campaign when Lincoln was first candidate for the Presidency, the
slaves on our far-off plantation, miles from any railroad or large city or daily
newspaper, knew what the issues involved were. When war was begun between
the North and the South, every slave on our plantation felt and knew that, though
other issues were discussed, the primal one was that of slavery. Even the most
ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hears, with a
certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one
great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.
Every success of the Federal armies and every defeat of the Confederate
forces was watched with the keenest and most intense interest. Often the slaves
got knowledge of the results of great battles before the white people received it.
This news was usually gotten from the colored man who was sent to the post-
office for the mail.
In our case the post-office was about three miles from the plantation, and the
mail came once or twice a week. The man who was sent to the office would linger
about the place long enough to get the drift of the conversation from the group of
white people who naturally congregated there, after receiving their mail, to discuss
the latest news. The mail-carrier on his way back to our masters house would as
naturally retell the news that he had secured among the slaves, and in this way they
often heard of important events before the white people at the big house, as the
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masters house was called.

As recounted by Booker T. Washington, slaves were enamored with President Abraham Lincoln and his
efforts to end their suffering. Those, however, who desired to maintain the institution of slavery and
wanted to experience some degree of autonomy through the Confederacy, hated Lincoln and desired to
see him dead. That day came on April 14, 1865, when John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head
as he watched a play at the Ford Theatre. President Lincoln died the next day.
Dead was the man who through the Emancipation Proclamation called for the end of
servitude slavery for millions of Blacks in the South. Dead was the man who, through that individual act,
prompted congress to act in an effort to officially end the institution of slavery. That congressional act
culminated in the proposal of the 13th Amendment and just three and a half months later, President
Abraham Lincoln was dead.
Not only was he physically dead, but the hopes and aspirations of millions of Black slaves in the
South were dead as well. The mental, emotional, and psychological toll the presidents death took on the
minds of those slaves is inconceivable.
What is conceivable, however, is that nearly every slave sighed and some, no doubt, cried when
they heard that President Lincoln had died. They sighed and some cried because they had some measure
of hope that President Lincoln would usher in their freedom from servitude slavery. They sighed and cried
not just because he was dead, but because he was assassinated for openly advocating for their liberation.
They sighed and cried because of the thought that if anyone advocated a similar position in the future, then
they would meet a similar fate. They sighed and cried because, at that moment, they no longer had any
reason to believe their oppression and suffering in the South would end at all and definitely not anytime
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 Vice-president Andrew Johnson succeeded President Lincoln and his assassination
notwithstanding, the Civil War eventually ended one month later on May 9, 1865. Seven months later, on
December 6, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, which officially ended the federal
governments sanctioning of servitude slavery.

100 More Years of Oppression

The euphoria of being free quickly gave way to despair because, among other things, a new form
of oppression began. Recently freed slaves continued to suffer all forms of indecencies, oppression, and
disenfranchisement in America. During slavery, Blacks were forced to work for free for their slave
masters at the threat of death. Just after slavery, many Blacks were forced to work for those same
former slave masters as sharecroppers because they did not have any other jobs available to them other
than what they had been doing during slavery. Life as a sharecropper was not much better than life as a
slave. Oftentimes, at the end of their labor, the sharecroppers were in significant debt to the landowner.
Thus, in effect, they were still slaves.
In addition to returning to their lives as slaves, whites formed groups such as the Ku Klux Klan
that terrorized the recently freed Black population. In their wake, crosses were burned in front yards,
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houses were set on fire, and thousands of strange fruit were found hanging from trees. From 1888
to 1964, over 3,400 Blacks were known to have been lynched by white, rabid, racist mobs. That figure
only includes the number of documented lynchings. Undoubtedly there were hundreds, if not thousands,
more that have gone undocumented. Yes, servitude slavery was over, but oppression and mistreatment
still reigned supreme in America.
In some areas of the country, however, Black people experienced some degree of post-slavery
economic advancement. Such an instance occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early 1920s known as
Black Wall Street. This was an area of Tulsa that saw Blacks reaping much success in doing for
themselves. In a densely populated area of the city, there were Black dentists, lawyers, teachers, bankers,
carpenters, grocery store owners, and other professionals. Blacks were forced to support their own due
to discrimination and they were thriving because of it. Some envious, feeble-minded white people in that
town, however, could not tolerate black prosperity so they decided to take matters into their own hands.
In 1921, on a false claim that a Black man had raped a white woman, white men reduced Black
Wall Street to smoldering rubble within a matter of minutes. To give expression to their rage, some of
them even took to the air in crop duster airplanes and literally began dropping bombs on Black Wall
Street. Fires were set to other buildings and Blacks were shot dead in the streets. By some estimates,
3,000 Blacks were killed and more than 600 businesses were destroyed. Among the destroyed Black-
owned enterprises were churches, restaurants, grocery stores, clothing stores, movie theatres, a hospital, a
bank, a post office, libraries, schools, private airplanes, and an independent bus system.
The words mistreatment and oppression do not adequately describe what happened in Tulsa.
The word atrocity is a closer description. That was in the 20s. The same sentiment towards Black
people permeated the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. In fact, nearly the entire Civil Rights movement of the
50s and 60s centered on the struggle for equal rights and equal protection for Blacks.
The Civil Rights movement met fierce resistance by way of attack dogs, fire hoses, nightsticks,
intimidation tactics, and bullets. The Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights movement drew national
attention. The Civil Rights marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others garnered national
attention because of the savage beatings they withstood at the hands of law enforcement. The officers
were enforcing the law all right. The law they enforced was articulated more than 100 years earlier by
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Black man had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
Year after year, decade after decade, the post-slavery oppression and mistreatment continued.
National attention was exactly what the Civil Rights movement needed to try and find someone in the
government to champion the cause of justice and equality for Black people in America. The Civil Rights
leaders cries seemingly found a sympathetic ear in President John F. Kennedy.
In his first State of the Union address, President Kennedy said, The denial of constitutional
rights to some of our fellow Americans on account of race - at the ballot box and elsewhere - disturbs the
national conscience, and subjects us to the charge of world opinion that our democracy is not equal to the
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high promise of our heritage."
In a speech delivered on June 11, 1963, President Kennedy called for legislation that would expand
the previous Civil Rights Act of 1957 that had little effect on improving the quality of living for Black
people in America. In that speech, President Kennedy specifically called for legislation "giving all
Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the publichotels, restaurants, theaters,
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retail stores, and similar establishments," as well as "greater protection for the right to vote."
Such a statement made by the president of the United States was met with happiness and joy
among those who were suffering from discrimination. Much of the suffering Black people were
experiencing would abate if President Kennedy received the legislation he openly desired. The hope in the
Black community for a better tomorrow was at an all-time high. It is arguable that the only thing
comparable to such feelings of hope was when President Abraham Lincoln called for the end of slavery in
the South.
Such euphoria, however, was ephemeral because those who were the perpetrators of such
suffering, received that same statement with anger and hatred. Such feelings led to their desire to see him
dead. That day came on November 11, 1963, when Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President
Kennedy in the head. President Kennedy died instantly.
Dead was the man who called for an end to the disenfranchisement of millions of Blacks in the
South. Dead was the man who, through that individual act, prompted Congress to act in an effort to
expand the protection of civil rights for Blacks. Just seven months after proposing the expansion of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957, President John F. Kennedy was dead.
Not only was he dead, but the hopes and aspirations of millions of disenfranchised Blacks in the
South for equal rights and equal protection under the law were dead as well. The mental, emotional, and
psychological toll the presidents death took on the minds of those who were suffering is inconceivable.
What is conceivable is nearly all those who lived and suffered in repressive Southern states sighed
and some, no doubt, cried when they heard the president had died. They sighed and cried because they
had some measure of hope that President Kennedy, like President Lincoln, would usher in their liberation
from such oppression. They sighed and cried not just because he was dead, but also because he was
assassinated; assassinated for openly advocating for their liberation. They sighed and cried because of the
thought that if anyone advocated a similar position in the future, they would meet a similar fate. They
sighed and some cried because, at that moment, they no longer had any reason to believe their oppression
and suffering in the South would end anytime soon.
Vice-president Lyndon Johnson succeeded President Kennedy after his assassination. Black
pessimism notwithstanding, President Johnson oversaw the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Thus, it took 100 years post-slavery for Congress to pass a bill securing
meaningful civil rights and voting rights for Black people.
In summary, Black people from Africa were enslaved in America for 310 years and were
mistreated and disenfranchised for another 100 years post-slavery for a combined total of more than 400
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Interestingly, the scriptures say of the Children of Israel that they shall be a stranger in a land
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that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years[.] The
scriptures also say that, it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the Children
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of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses to lead the Children of Israel, then
there would come a time when there would be a people like unto the Children of Israel. Black people in
America fit the description of the Biblical Children of Israel. The comparisons between the historical
Children of Israel in Egypt and Black people of America are striking.

For example:

1. The Children of Israel were taken from their own land and enslaved in a land that was
not theirs and Black people in America were taken from Africa and were enslaved in
America, among other places;

2. The Children of Israel were beaten, raped, tortured, and killed in Egypt as were Black
people in America during and after slavery;

3. The Children of Israels servitude slavery and affliction in a foreign land lasted for
hundreds of years and Black peoples servitude slavery and post-slavery affliction in
America lasted more 400 years;

4. The Children of Israel had hope in the king of Egypt that he might show favor on them
by ending their suffering and oppression and Black people in America had hope in
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy that they might succeed in ending
their suffering and oppression; and

5. The Children of Israel sighedand they cried when the king of Egypt died and
undoubtedly, millions of enslaved Blacks under President Lincoln and millions of
disenfranchised Blacks under President Kennedy sighedand they cried when they
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heard that President Lincoln and, subsequently, President Kennedy had died.

To say the account of the Children of Israel in the Bible and Black people in America is parallel would be
an understatement.

The Parallel: Moses led a people who were enslaved and mistreated in Egypt for
400 years, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad led Black people who were
enslaved and mistreated in America for 410 years before Congress passed
effective Civil Rights legislation.

To lead Black people was challenging all by itself, but to challenge the president of the United
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Challenged the Presidents of the United States

Master Fard Muhammad raised up the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad from the despised and
rejected people of America, cleaned him up, gave him a message, then sent him on his assignment. As
part of his assignment, the Messenger of Allah (God) demanded the government give Black people justice
or give them some land of their own so they could go and do something for themselves.
These demands were later committed to writing and were found in the Muhammad Speaks
newspaper under the title, The Muslim Program: What the Muslims Want. Included therein were
demands for equality, justice, and land from the president of the United States of America.
Specifically it says:
1. We want freedom. We want a full and complete freedom.
2. We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We want justice applied equally to
all, regardless of creed, class or color.
3. We want equality of opportunity. We want equal membership in society with the
best in civilized society.
4. We want our people in America whose parents or grandparents are descendents
from slaves to be allowed to establish a separate state or territory of their own,
either on this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our former slave masters are
obligated to provide such land and that the area must be fertile and minerally rich.
We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to maintain and supply our
needs in this separate territory for the next 20 or 25 years, until we are able to
produce and supply our own needs.
Since we cannot get along with them in peace and equality after giving them 400
years of our sweat and blood and receiving in return some of the worse treatment
human beings have ever experienced, we believe our contributions to this land and
the suffering forced upon us by white America justifies our demand for complete
separation in a state or territory of our own.
5. We want freedom for all Believers of Islam held in federal prisons. We want
freedom for all Black men and women now under death sentence in innumerable
prisons in the North as well as the South.
We want every Black man and woman to have the freedom to accept or reject
being separated from the slave-masters children and establish a land of their own.
We know that the above plan for the situation of the Black and white conflict is the
best and only answer to the problem between two people.
6. We want an immediate end to the police brutality and mob attacks against the
so-called Negro throughout the United States.
We believe that the Federal government should intercede to see that Black men
and women tried in white courts receive justice in accordance with the laws of the
land, or allow us to build a new nation for ourselves, dedicated to justice, freedom,
and liberty.
7. As long as we are not allowed to establish a state or territory of our own, we
demand not only equal justice under the laws of the United States, but equal
employment opportunities-NOW!
We do not believe that after 400 years of free or nearly free labor, sweat and blood,
which helped America become rich and powerful, so many thousands of black
people should have to subsist on relief or charity or live in poor houses.
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9. We want equal education, but separate schools up to 16 for boys and 18 for girls
on the condition that the girls be sent to womens colleges and universities. We
want all Black children educated, taught and trained by their own teachers.
Under such a schooling system we believe we will make a better nation of people.
The United States government should provide free all necessary text books and
equipment, schools and college buildings. The Muslim teachers shall be left free to
teach and train their people in the way of righteousness, decency and self-respect.
10. We believe that intermarriage or race mixing should be prohibited. We want the
religion of Islam taught without hindrance or suppression.
These were not lightweight demands. Consider these demands were made in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and
70s by a Black man to one of the most powerful governments on the planet. These demands established
the criteria for the liberation of the Black man and woman in America.
In addition to these writings, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, in speeches across America,
warned the powers that be that death and destruction would come to America if the president and his
cohorts did not give justice to the millions of Black people in America who were the descendants of
slaves.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses went to Pharaoh and demanded freedom for the
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Children of Israel when he said, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Let My people go.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would challenge the most powerful ruler of his day and demand the freedom of his
people.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.
The Parallel: Moses sought the liberation of the Children of Israel from Pharaoh,
the most powerful ruler of his day, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
sought the liberation of Black people from the president and government of
America.

Some could argue there were other leaders, particularly in the 1960s who challenged the president
and government of the United States for the liberation of Black people. None of those leaders, however,
taught on the creation of the universe and the creation of man like the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
did.

Creation
The Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad cover practically every area of science.
What distinguishes his Teachings from the broader scientific community then and now is that he
unequivocally taught on the true origin of Allah (God), the universe, and man.
For example, he taught, among many other things, that:

Allah (God) began as a spark of intelligence that began to evolve and eventually form
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the Black man does not have a birth record because he has been present since the
beginning, which, as Master Fard Muhammad taught him, was at least 76 trillion years
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ago;
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there is life on other planets in our solar system;
the moon was once a part of the Earth and was separated from the Earth by a man-made
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explosion that occurred 66 trillion years ago;
history is written 25,000 years in advance and at the end of each 25,000-year cycle of time,
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history is then re-written for another 25,000 years in advance; and
that 6,600 years ago a Black man named Yacub used the science of grafting to make the
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white race from Black people.

How could a Black man born in Georgia in 1897 know all of this when he never went past the 4th
grade in school? Some could argue it is all made up and, therefore, has no truth in it. That argument could
have had some merit before the Hubble telescope began to increase the age of the universe to billions of
years old; that argument could have had some merit before scientists discovered black skin is dominant
and white skin is recessive and recessive can come from the dominant but dominant cannot come from the
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recessive. In other words, white can come from black, but black cannot come from white; hence, the
origin of white people is Black people, but the origin of Black people cannot be white people.
The Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad that a Black scientist named Yacub
began a grafting process that produced white people from Black people 6,000 years ago could have been
summarily dismissed as made up and fictional until scientists recently discovered that recessive blue
eyes, which are commonly seen among white people, are approximately 6,000 years old and before then
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everyone had dominant brown eyes.
The Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad that the moon was once part of the
Earth could have been summarily dismissed as nonsense before scientist began to theorize that the moon
was once a part of the earth. The Teachings that there is life on other planets could have been easily
dismissed before NASA discovered water on Mars, Mercury, and Jupiters moons. Water is said to be
the building blocks of life. So, practically everywhere there is water, there is life.
So, how could an unlearned Black man born in 1897 in Georgia know all of this? He had to have
been taught by a Man who had the knowledge of the Originator of the universe. The Man who he met
who taught him was Master Fard Muhammad.
Interestingly, Moses is credited with speaking and/or writing the book of Genesis, which speaks to
a creation story. The Bible begins by saying, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God
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was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then Allah (God) would raise a man who He
would teach about what took place In the beginning.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

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beginning, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught on the creation of
the universe and the making of mankind because Allah (God) in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad taught him what took place in the beginning.

One thing that made the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads assignment so difficult was the near
complete inferiority mindset that racist systems indoctrinated Black people with over centuries. He is
aware of the greatness that lies buried deep within Black people, but that dormant greatness could barely
find an avenue of expression in an overtly discriminatory society.
Thus, Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad gave him the solution to that problem,
which was Separate and Be Saved.

Separate and be Saved

One of the major positions that distinguished the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad from
practically every other Black leader in America was his call for separation. He observed the injustice
Black people suffered in America and recognized that separation is the best and only answer to the
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problem between two people.
As noted above, in The Muslim Program: What the Muslims Want, he wrote:
4. We want our people in America whose parents or grandparents are descendents
from slaves to be allowed to establish a separate state or territory of their own,
either on this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our former slave masters are
obligated to provide such land and that the area must be fertile and minerally rich.
We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to maintain and supply our
needs in this separate territory for the next 20 or 25 years, until we are able to
produce and supply our own needs.
Since we cannot get along with them in peace and equality after giving them 400
years of our sweat and blood and receiving in return some of the worst treatment
human beings have ever experienced, we believe our contributions to this land and
the suffering forced upon us by white America justifies our demand for complete
separation in a state or territory of our own.
5. We want freedom for all Believers of Islam held in federal prisons. We want
freedom for all Black men and women now under death sentence in innumerable
prisons in the North as well as the South.
We want every Black man and woman to have the freedom to accept or reject
being separated from the slave-masters children and establish a land of their own.
We know that the above plan for the situation of the Black and white conflict is the
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best and only answer to the problem between two people.
He called for separate states to be set aside for the children and grandchildren of slaves who worked for
centuries for free to build America as a token of a repayment on a debt that could never truly be repaid.
His call for separation was not absolute. He conditioned this call by stating that a separate state or
territory for Black people was necessary [s]ince we cannot get along with [white people] in peace and
equality. Thus, his call for separation was conditioned on the treatment of Black people by their white
oppressors.
If Black people were able to live in peace and receive justice and equality in America, there would

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was the effect, not the cause.
In The Muslim Program: What the Muslims Believe, he wrote:
7. We believe this is the time in history for the separation of the so-called Negro's
and the so-called white Americans. We believe the black man should be freed in
name as well as in fact. By this we mean that he should be freed from names
imposed upon him by his former slave-master. We believe that if we are free
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indeed, we should go in our own people's names, the black peoples of the earth.

Some people were appalled that he called for separation from white people. Such a call, however, was not
foreign to historians of American history because America exists today because the 13 colonies called for
separation from England.
While the separate states obviously did not come into fruition, the Messenger of Allah (God) did
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separate his followers from the ways of this world. He separated them from, among other things, the
revealing and provocative style of dress, the self-destructive behavior they engaged in, and the inferiority
complex that racism in America imposed upon them.
In Our Saviour Has Arrived, he wrote, Let the American so-called Negroes return to their
Allah and His religion or suffer what was poured upon Pharaoh and his people for their opposition to
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Moses, the servant of Allah. He also wrote:

I am for the separation of my people from their enemies; that they share not in their
enemies destruction, even though I may lose my own life in the daring attempt to
save them by the plain, simple Truth of God and Power. It must and will be done
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regardless of whom or what.
In The Fall of America, he wrote:

we must realize the difference between integration and separation. To integrate

with evil is to be destroyed with evil. What we want indeed, justice for us is to
be set apart. We want and must insist upon an area in this land that we can call our
own, somewhere we can hold our heads with pride and dignity without the
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continuous harassments and indignities of our oppressors.

In Message to the Blackman, he wrote, You had us segregated for 400 years and now you say
that we are free, is it being un-American to leave you or separate from you, a people who have enslaved
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us and destroyed us as human beings? Have you not separated yourselves from us? He went on to
write:

The prophecy 400 years of slavery as to the time the so-called Negro would
serve white people ended in 1955. The so-called Negro must return to their own.
The separation would be a blessing to both sides. It was the only solution,
according to the Bible, for Israel and the Egyptians. It will prove to be the only
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I say to the American white citizens who are in a position to oppose us to

hasten the separation of the two or suffer the consequences as did the Egyptians
opposing Jehovah and His Servant Moses. We must have some of this earth that
we can call our own!
We and our fathers have been robbed of all that we originally possessed. And
now we are left without anything to use for self like wealth and modern instruments
to start a civilization as you have, though we helped you to get what you have. We
now must have justice and some of this earth and its wealth that we can call our
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own.

He, however, did not just teach separation, but he actually instituted a small degree of separation starting in
the 1930s. He did this by removing the children of his followers from the discriminatory school system of
America and establishing the Muhammad University of Islam, which gave educational instruction from
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first grade through high school and is still in existence today.
In The Fall of America, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad summed up perfectly the
correlation between Egypt and America, Pharaoh and the president of the United States, Moses and
himself, and the Children of Israel and Black people of America when he wrote the following:

Now, my beloved, you are faced with the same problem that beset Moses and
the Children of Israel during the era of the Egyptian captivity.
Pharaoh did not want Moses to preach the religion of Jehovah in Egypt
because Pharaoh knew such preaching would bring damnation to his wicked
kingdom. So it is that your oppressors did not want you to hear the gospel of the
Black man. They know that this gospel will one day be their undoing.
Pharaoh did not want Moses to call the Jews to the wall to wail at sundown.
He knew that once the Jews were united in the name of the religion of their fathers
they would no longer abide in slavery with a docile air.
Pharaoh did not want Moses to teach the gospel of justice on this side of the
grave. He knew that once the Jews determined in their hearts to seek justice here
and now they would rise up and demand a place in the sun.
So, then, it is with us. Our oppressors are determined to keep our eyes in the
sky while they control the land under our feet. They are determined to bog us
down in an impractical ethic of turning the other cheek the better that they may
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smite our cheeks and rob our pockets.

Clearly, the Messenger of Allah (God) was not bashful, confused, or ashamed about calling for separation.
While the prevailing ideology of the 50s, 60s, and 70s was integration and assimilation, he taught
separation. One of the most profound statements he ever made on the topic of separation is found in
Message to the Blackman. In there, in all capitalized letters, he wrote, IT IS FAR MORE
IMPORTANT TO TEACH SEPARATION OF THE BLACKS AND WHITES IN AMERICA THAN
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PRAYER.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Allah (God) raised Moses and sent him to separate His
people from Egypt by instructing Moses to Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, Thus says the Lord God of

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the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. Moses also said to Allah (God), So we
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shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would directly advocate for his peoples separation from their oppressors.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses taught on and advocated for the separation of the Children of
Israel from Egypt and Pharaoh, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught
on and advocated for the separation of the Black man and woman of America
from the children and grandchildren of their former slavemasters.

The separation he sought was comprehensive. The separation he sought also included the
refraining from intermarrying with the descendants of his peoples former slave masters.

Discouraged Intermarriage

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad grew up in the South during a time when a Black woman
did not have dominion over her own body if a white man wanted to violate her. Even after becoming a
man, he continued to witness such actions not just in the South, but also in the North.
During 400 years of enslavement and mistreatment, Black people in America developed, as
previously mentioned, a tremendous inferiority complex and a hatred of self. Blacks were told that thin
lips, a thin nose, straight hair, and white skin were the symbols of beauty, all of which were the opposite of
what most Black people possessed. This inferiority complex became engrained over decades and
centuries.
Someone had to come along to get Black people to love the way Allah (God) made them and to
oppose the prevailing atmosphere of white superiority and angelic beauty versus Black inferiority and
inherent ugliness. Love of self and kind was and is a prerequisite for developing a sense of self-worth and
self-pride.
The Messenger of Allah (God) taught Black people a profound love of self, which included
teaching the Black man to love the woman that bore him. It also included instilling in the Black man the
desire to reproduce himself from the Black woman. Hence, he advocated for Black people to marry Black
people to help restore a love of self and kind. He taught that when it comes to marriage, Black people
should marry Black people and other peoples should marry among themselves. He said it like this, We
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believe that intermarriage or race mixing should be prohibited.
Some people may take issue with such a statement. A person should not be put off by the words
used in the 1960s to describe a position as opposed to understanding how to view such a position today.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads position and the position of those who believe and follow him
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can be viewed in todays language as simply having a preference. He wanted Black men marry Black
women and Black women marry Black men. Apparently, the vast majority of people in America want to
be marry their own kind as well.
According to United States Census Bureau statistics, in the year 2010, 8.4 percent of all marriages
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Thus, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads desire that his people marry among themselves and for
other people to marry among themselves is primarily practiced throughout America.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses discouraged intermarriage between his followers
and the inhabitants of the lands in which they were travelling in when he said to them directly, You must
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not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters[.]
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would discourage intermarriage between his people and others.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses discouraged intermarriage between the Children of Israel

and the people of the lands in which they were enslaved, and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad discouraged intermarriage between Black people and white
people.

Without teaching on separation, Black people would be lost as to how to return to their original
state of being able to support themselves. That original state deteriorated precipitously at the hands of the
white slave masters during slavery and continued through segregation. That same deterioration led to a
growing sub-culture and lifestyle of lascivious and destructive behavior. To check the free-fall from
decency, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad had to bring a law strong enough for his followers to
correct such behavior in themselves. Thus, he brought the Restrictive Laws.

The Restrictive Laws

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad knew very well the miserable state of condition of Black
people in America in the 1930s. He knew very well because he was one who was in a miserable state
prior to meeting Master Fard Muhammad in September of 1931. He knew prior to meeting Master Fard
Muhammad there was no message or guidance strong enough to curtail the worldly vices he developed as
a means to help him cope with the customary pain of injustice and hatred that was and is associated with
just being Black in America.
After joining the Nation of Islam and becoming a follower of Master Fard Muhammad, the
Messenger of Allah (God) began learning a social law that was to be put in place to help keep the
followers in order. Master Fard Muhammad was like a doctor working with a patient with a broken bone.
If a person breaks a bone in the body, the doctor will more than likely put that area of the body in a cast.
The cast is hard, often unpleasant, normally unbendable, and is restricting. Those are some challenging
characteristics, but consider that the cast is not the persons enemy even though it is hard, unpleasant,
unbendable, and restricting. The doctor who applied the cast is not the persons enemy. The person may
have been his or her own worst enemy because whatever he or she was doing provided for him or her to
break a bone or the accident could have been caused by the reckless actions of someone else.
Nevertheless, the cast has to have those characteristics because it is being applied to something
that is broken. If the cast is soft, adjustable, and is not applied as soon as possible to the broken bone, then
permanent, irreparable damage could occur. The cast needs to have those characteristics because the
broken bone needs that kind of environment to heal. Also, that kind of environment will need to be applied
for a protracted period of time to allow sufficient time for the broken bone to heal. There is practically no
chance of a full recovery for the broken condition without a strong, restricting environment being properly
applied over a particular length of time.

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 So, too, was it and is it with Black people in America. The Black man and woman of America are
descendants of those who were forcibly brought to the shores of America in chains. Little did they know
that before one generation had passed, they would also have psychological chains on their minds. During
the course of centuries of servitude slavery and suffering some of the worst treatment humans beings
have ever experienced in the annals of history, Black people were broken figuratively and literally.
Those things that were done generation after generation reduced Black people from the high culture and
civilization exhibited in their native land down to the level of the beasts of the field. They were broken
because the white slave masters could not use them as a tool and also a slave if they were still in their
original and right state of mind. They were broken through whips, chains, beatings, rapes, and murder.
Century after century of such unthinkable treatment began to produce a people who developed a
lack of regard for themselves and others.
The Messenger wrote on this topic:

Our condition and lack of love for ourselves must be attributed to the slave-
master. He has been our teacher until the coming of Almighty God, Allah. The
slave-master has robbed my people of their God, religion, name, language and
culture.
The worst kind of crime has been committed against us, for we were robbed
of our desire to even want to think and do for ourselves. We are often pictured by
the slave-master as a lazy and trifling people who are without thoughts of
advancement. I say, this is a condition which the slave-master very cleverly wanted
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and created within and among the so-called Negroes.
The question must be asked, What remedy did Allah (God) have to repair a broken people like this?
Besides coming Himself and raising up one from among them to serve as their guide and example, He
would have to give them strong, restrictive guidelines by which they were to live their lives. It is likely that
Master Fard Muhammad personally taught the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad these strict guidelines
during the three years and four months that He taught him. The Messenger then gave those strict
guidelines to his followers, which became known as, The Restrictive Laws of Islam or The Restrictive
Laws. The Restrictive Laws consists of short statements of direction, guidance, and limits for the lives
of the Believers in the Nation of Islam, which each Believer is expected to observe. The Restrictive
Laws consists of the following admonitions:

1. Worship no God but Allah, The One the Messenger represents to us.
2. It is forbidden to commit fornication or adultery.
3. It is forbidden to commit indecent acts on another (sodomy).
4. It is forbidden to eat the pig or its byproducts.
5. No stealing.
6. No gambling of any kind (numbers, dice, cards, games of chance).
7. No smoking of any kind (reefers or cigarettes, cigar or pipe).
8. No drinking (wine, whiskey, beer, ale, alcohol or other intoxicant).
9. No dope (heroin, cocaine or any other).
10. Do not associate with those in bad standing or out of Mosque.
11. Kill no one whom Allah has not ordered to be killed.
12. Do not commit acts of violence on ourselves or others.
13. Do not deal with the hypocrite or show sympathy towards them.
14. Insubordination is forbidden.
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Master Fard Muhammad knew that 310 years of servitude slavery and decades of post-slavery
oppression had reduced an entire people to an inferior and damaged state. He came to seek and to save a
people who were lost from their people, their way, and their God (Allah). He knew that Black people
would need a man and a manner to help them clean up to be prepared for the hereafter that is to come.
Interestingly, Moses brought a strict law to the Children of Israel who had been broken
figuratively and literally while in Egypt. The strict law came in the form of the Ten Commandments, which
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he received directly from Allah (God) when he met with Him on Mount Sinai.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would be given a strict social law for his people to follow.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses brought a strict law directly from Allah (God) to help guide
the rebellious Children of Israel back to righteousness, and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad brought the Restrictive Laws given to him by Master Fard
Muhammad to help guide his rebellious and riotous people back into the way of
righteousness.

His instruction to his people did not end with social law. He also instituted a type of dietary law
his followers were to observe as well.

How to Eat to Live

A pivotal aspect of the teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad is dietary. One of the
things Master Fard Muhammad taught him was the right way a person should eat and the right foods a
person should eat. Much like a car that takes unleaded gas will not function properly with diesel gas in it,
the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that the human body including the brain could not function
properly without the right foods in it. Though he had been teaching it for decades, in 1967 he produced a
book called How to Eat to Live. On the cover of the book it says, From God In Person and underneath
that it says Master Fard Muhammad.
In How to Eat to Live, the Messenger of Allah (God) said:

There is no way for us to learn the right way to eat in order to live a long life,
except through the guidance and teachings of Allah, Who came in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad.
The Bible says that He will give us life abundantly, but He demands strict
obedience to His Will. There is no way of prolonging the life of human beings or
any life unless it begins with restrictions of the foods which sustain life; the right
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kinds of food and the proper time when it should be taken into our bodies.

The Messenger went on to say:

Thanks to the coming of Allah in the person of Master Fard Muhammad, if we
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and millions of dollars for doctor bills and hospitalization.

Thus, the Messenger gave credit to his Teacher for all He taught in the way of the proper foods to eat.
There are many foods that are mentioned in How to Eat to Live that should not be eaten. By far, the one
food that the Messenger practically pleaded with his people not to eat is the swine, otherwise known as
the pig or the hog.
He went on to write:

Beyond a shadow of a doubt the swine is the filthiest and foulest animal
human beings could have resorted to for food. The flesh of the swine, while
cooking, has a very different smell from that of other animals flesh while cooking.
And even when it is not being cooked, it has a bad smell.
Worms and insects take to its flesh while in the farmers curing stage faster
than to any other animals flesh. And in a few days, it is full of worms. In many
cases, the eater of the flesh becomes nauseated when the flesh is being cooked in
the early morning. It is a divinely prohibited flesh, and God (Allah) has prohibited
you and me, my brothers and sisters of the Black Nation, from eating it or even
touching its dead carcass.
Please, for our healths sake, stop eating it; for our beautys sake, stop eating
it; for our obedience to God and His laws against this flesh, stop eating it; for a
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longer life, stop eating it and for the sake of modesty, stop eating it.

After reading these words there should be no confusion on how important it is to stay away from the
eating of swine, pig, and/or hog. While the pig is the only food that is divinely prohibited and the
unhealthiest food to eat, there are other foods that are strongly suggested not to eat.
The book gives guidance on creatures of the sea as well. On eating animals of the sea, he wrote:

When eating fish, we should confine our fish-eating to those fish weighing between
one and ten pounds. As I said previously do not eat the scavengers of the sea such
as oysters, crabs, clams, snails, shrimp, eels, or catfish. The catfish is a very filthy
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fish. He loves filth and is the pig of the water.
Why did he say eating fish should be confined to smaller fish? Maybe it is because of the toxins and
pollutants in the water that actually affect all fish. The difference, though, between the smaller fish and
the larger fish is that the larger fish feed on the smaller fish. Therefore, the larger fish contain not only the
pollutants and contaminants it comes into contact with, but also contains the pollutants and contaminants of
the smaller fish it eats. This compounds the toxicity in the larger fish and makes them unhealthier to eat
than the smaller fish.
Nevertheless, what kind of man would care so much about a people that he would not only guide
them spiritually and morally, but would also seek to guide their dietary habits? That is a man who cares
about the whole person and knows that a person needs to be as healthy as possible to properly receive the
word of Allah (God) then to act on those words.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses taught the Children of Israel what foods they
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should eat and what foods they should not eat.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would

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So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.
The Parallel: Moses taught the Children of Israel which foods they should eat and
which foods they should not eat, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught
his people what foods they should eat and what foods they should not eat.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad did not stop with spiritual, moral, and dietary law. He
knew it would take economic development to sustain a separate community. So coupled with those
Teachings was a three-year economic savings program.

Three Year Economic Savings Program

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad used what Master Fard Muhammad gave him to begin
spiritually and mentally resurrecting those who heard him and followed him. He did not come with the
word of Allah (God) to just preach to the people, but he came with the word to free a people who had
chains on their minds like they once had chains on their bodies. Arguably, the mental chains were more
constricting than the physical chains were because once the physical chains were off, a person who was
mentally free, that person could get up and do something for him- or herself.
If, however, a person was mentally enslaved and had physical chains taken off his or her body,
then that person would still look to the one who put the physical chains on him or her for sustenance and
security. A person could not be free to do for self until the mental chains were taken off first. Thus, the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad came with the word of Allah (God) to accomplish one of the first steps
to having real freedom, which is to free the minds of Black people from the mental chains of feeling
inferior to and dependence upon their former slave masters and their children.
When Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad blessed the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad to begin removing those mental chains from the minds of his people, an awakening occurred
in those people. When the awakening occurred and there was a desire to leave their oppressors, there
was a need to have something in place to support them. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad could see
that one of the ways Black people remained subjugated was through a lack of economic development,
which supports doing for self. To combat that deficiency, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
established an economic savings program.
In Message to the Blackman, in a section called Economic Program to Help Fight Against
Poverty and Want! the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said:

I appeal to all Muslims, and to all the members of the original Black Nation in
America, to sacrifice at least five cents from each days pay to create an
Economic Savings Program: to help fight unemployment, abominable housing,
hunger, and nakedness of the 22 million black people here in America who continue
to face these problemsSend your quarters every week to Muhammads Temple
No. 2 in Chicago, Illinois.
These quarters will be banked until we have a million dollars to begin building
a banking systemLet the entire nation sacrifice for three yearsAs soon as we
have enough money in our banks to purchase lands sufficient to feed the 22 million
black people, we will build storage warehouses to store our supplies of the
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years, as all our nations are doing or have done, we will soon rid our people of
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poverty and want.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad encouraged Black people to take a portion of what they had and
send it to him on a regular basis. The people were asked to contribute to this treasury for three years.
The purpose of the treasury was to create jobs to fight against unemployment; to purchase and build
homes to fight against deplorable living conditions; grow food to fight against hunger; and to make clothes
to fight against a lack of quality clothing.
After three years of saving, he would take what the people had given and begin economic
development by purchasing farmland, which created jobs for farmers who grew the crops, workers who
stored the crops, truckers who drove the produce to market, and accountants and managers who oversaw
the operations. Just sacrificing a portion of what people were earning in a treasury for three years would
create all these jobs. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad made good on his word by purchasing
farmland, trucks, factories, warehouses, and even established a bank.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses started a three-year economic savings program.
The scripture says that, [at] the end of three years, the Children of Israel were to bring what they saved
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up and donate it to a treasury that would help support them and the less fortunate.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would establish a three-year economic savings program.
Yet another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.
The Parallel: Moses established a three-year economic savings program for the
Children of Israel to help out the less fortunate among them, and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad established a three-year economic savings program
for Black people to help end poverty and want.

The divine majesty of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad is placed in its proper perspective
when considering that this Georgia-born Black man, who did not complete the fourth grade of school,
taught his followers on spiritual, scientific, social, and economic matters. No organization could be
compared to the Nation of Islam because the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was not building an
organization; he was building a Nation.

The Nation of Islam

Master Fard Muhammad made Himself known to Black people in Detroit, Michigan on July 4,
1930. As His message and mission became more widely known, thousands began to follow Him. He
started what was then called Allahs Temple of Islam. In the early 1930s, He changed the name to the
Nation of Islam. Thus, all those who came to follow Master Fard Muhammad and to be a part of His
mission became registered members of The Nation.
Nation is defined as a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is
sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own. Thus, the name
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In Point Number 4 of What the Muslims Want, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated:

We want our people in America whose parents or grandparents are

descendents from slaves to be allowed to establish a separate state or territory of
their own, either on this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our former slave
masters are obligated to provide such land and that the area must be fertile and
minerally rich. We believe that our former slavemasters are obligated to maintain
and supply our needs in this separate territory for the next 20 or 25 years, until we
are able to produce and supply our own needs.
Since we cannot get along with them in peace and equality after giving them
400 years of our sweat and blood and receiving in return some of the worst
treatment human beings have ever experienced, we believe our contributions to this
land and the suffering forced upon us by white America justifies our demand for
complete separation in a state or territory of our own.

In Point Number 10 of What the Muslims Believe, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
stated:

WE BELIEVE that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, should not

participate in wars which take the lives of humans. We do not believe this nation
should force us to take part in such wars, for we have nothing to gain from it unless
America agrees to give us the necessary territory wherein we may have something
to fight for.

In Point Number 12 of What the Muslims Believe, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
stated:

WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard

Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited Messiah of the Christians and the
Mahdi of the Muslims.
We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no
God and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can
live in peace together.

Pursuant to the definition of the word, members of the Nation of Islam were and are particularly
associated with the territory known as the United States of America, but are sufficiently conscious of its
unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own. That government is founded upon
righteousness, which governs every aspect of life in the Nation of Islam.
In fact, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Islam means peace. He also said in order to
have peace, one must have freedom, justice, and equality. So, by definition, the Nation of Islam means a
large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek
or to possess a government of righteousness and peace.
Interestingly, Moses referred to the Children of Israel as a nation while they were still in
bondage in Egypt when he said to Allah (God), Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight,
show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that
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 Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man that would refer to his people as the nation.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses called the Children of Israel a nation, and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad called his followers The Nation.

The vast majority of the public refers to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan as the leader of
the Nation of Islam. He, however, does not refer to himself as such. He refers to the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad as the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam who was physically among his people
leading, teaching, and guiding them on a daily basis. That period of time lasted for 40 years.

1935 1975

As mentioned above, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad became the personal student of
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Master Fard Muhammad in October of 1931. That personal tutelage lasted for three years and four
months. Three years from that date would be October of 1934 plus an additional four months would put
the conclusion of his personal tutelage under Master Fard Muhammad in February of 1935.
After Master Fard Muhammads departure, the Messenger of Allah (God) took what He taught
him and began teaching it all over America. Over the years, Black men and women began to accept the
message and became his followers. He remained steadfast in the process of leading, teaching, and guiding
Black people until February 25, 1975, he was no longer among the people.
Thus, the time from when Master Fard Muhammad sent the Messenger on his mission by himself
in February 1935, until the time the Messenger physically left from among the people in February 1975, is
exactly 40 years.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate Moses led the Children of Israel for exactly 40 years. This is
found in the book of Deuteronomy where Moses said to the Children of Israel, And I have led you 40
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years in the wilderness.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would be among and lead a people resembling the Children of Israel for 40 years.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses was among the Children of Israel for 40 years leading them
in the way that they should go, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was
among Black people in America for 40 years leading them in the way that they
should go.

This point is one of the most distinctive in that both men started their mission after personally
coming into contact with Allah (God). Moses came into contact with Allah (God) in the form of a
burning bush and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad came into contact with Allah (God) in the
person of Master Fard Muhammad. Neither men knew when their mission among their followers would
begin and neither men chose when their mission among their followers would end, but both men served
and were among their followers leading them for the exact same length of time.

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 For the time that he was physically among the people, he could be found imparting the wisdom
that Master Fard Muhammad gave him. That wisdom is referred to as The Teachings.

The Teachings

When Master Fard Muhammad appointed the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to lead the
Nation of Islam, the Messenger of Allah began teaching what Master Fard Muhammad taught him. In
Message to the Blackman, he summarized a segment of what he was taught when he said:

He began teaching us the knowledge of ourselves, of God and the devil, of the
measurement of the earth, of other planets, and of the civilization of some of the
planets other than earth.
He measured and weighed the earth and its water; the history of the moon;
the history of the two nations, black and white, that dominate the earth. He gave
the exact birth of the white race; the name of their God who made them and how;
and the end of their time, the judgment, how it will begin and end.
He taught us the truth of how we were made slaves and how we are kept in
slavery by the slave-masters children. He declared the doom of America, for
her evils to us was past due. And that she is number one to be destroyed. Her
judgment could not take place until we hear the truth.
He declared that we were without the knowledge of self or anyone else.
How we had been made blind, deaf and dumb by this white race of people and how
we must return to our people, our God and His religion of peace (Islam), the
religion of the prophets. We must give up the slave names of our slave-masters
and accept the name of Allah (God) or one of His divine attributes. He also taught
us to give up all evil doings and practices and do righteousness or be destroyed
from the face of the earth.
He taught us that the slave-masters had taught us to eat the wrong food and
that this wrong food is the cause of our sickness and short span of life. He declared
that he would heal us and set us in heaven at once, if we would submit to Him.
Otherwise He would chastise us with a severe chastisement until we did submit.
And that He was able to force the whole world into submission to His will. He said
that he loved us (the so-called Negroes), his lost and found, so well that he would
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eat rattlesnakes to free us if necessary, for He has power over all things.

These Teachings, which can be further understood in the books and speeches of the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, were unique, almost strange for the time
because such things were different and contrary to the conventional wisdom of that day and today. These
Teachings, this spiritual food, which the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught for the entire time he
was among his followers, was different than anything Black people were ever taught before. These
Teachings not only sustained him throughout his mission, but sustained his followers as well.
Up until February of 1975, it was these Teachings that inspired and supported the Nation of Islam
as it continued to strive for independence. As a result, the followers of the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad who incorporated what he taught into their lives experienced a relative degree of
independence while always being mindful to obey the laws of the United States that did not conflict with

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Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that Moses brought manna from heaven and the children of
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Israel ate manna 40 years[.]
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would bring his followers a unique and divine doctrine for the time that he was among the
people.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses brought manna or a new and unique teaching to the
Children of Israel, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad brought a new and
unique teaching to Black People in America.

Moses foresaw that his followers would discard his teachings after he was no longer among them
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad foresaw that the members of the Nation of Islam would
discard his Teachings after he was no longer among them as well.

The Teachings Discarded

It was February 1975 and many of the members of the Nation of Islam were headed to Chicago
as if it were any other Saviours Day. They intended to participate in the activities that had been planned
for that weekend. The highlight, of course, was on the final day wherein the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad was scheduled to speak. Little did the Believers know that he was not feeling well. He had
been in the hospital for some time, but that had been kept as quiet as possible by his family members and
the top laborers in and out of Chicago. His family and the top laborers of the Nation did not want that
information to get out because they did not want to fuel speculation or cause the Believers to become
paralyzed with fear and worry.
On February 26, 1975, the Believers gathered at the Richard L. Jones Armory in Chicago eagerly
anticipating the presence of their leader. As they sat in their seats they had no idea that they were not
going to see him that day or any day in the near future because on that day it was announced to the public
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that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad had passed away. Many of the Believers began to weep
at the thought that they would never see their leader, teacher, and guide again. On that same day, it was
also announced that the new leader of the Nation of Islam would be Wallace Muhammad, son of the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
After the announcements, many of the Believers lost faith in what they had been taught and lost
hope for a better future. Some of them immediately fell out of the Nation and were no longer active
members. Many of the women who learned to dress modestly under his Teachings discarded those
garments and went back to wearing tight, short, form-fitting clothes; clothes that would not have been in
conformity with his Teachings. Many of the Believers who adhered to the Restrictive Laws and stopped
drinking alcohol and doing drugs went back to drinking and doing drugs. Many men who had stopped
abusing women started abusing women again.
Others Believers, who did not immediately leave the Nation of Islam, tried to hold on under the
new leadership. While doing so, they still noticed a change in the culture of the Nation of Islam. The new
leadership even informed the Believers that it was alright to start going back to the movies and going to
parties. Most egregious is that they even began to change the Teachings and introduced a new doctrine

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Needless to say, the new leadership in the Nation of Islam was taking the community away from
that which the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught. They discarded what they were taught and
returned to the rebellious lifestyle that Allah (God) had blessed them to come up out of.
Interestingly, the Children of Israel discarded Moses teachings after he was no longer among
them. Moses specifically told them that after he was gone, they would become utterly corrupt, and turn
aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you
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will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man whose teachings would be discarded by his followers after he was no longer present among
them.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: The Children of Israel discarded Moses teachings after he was no
longer among them, and the vast majority of the members of the Nation of Islam
discarded the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad after he was no
longer physically among them.

Clearly there are significant parallels in the life and mission of Moses and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad. There is, yet, another aspect of their work that contain striking parallels. Both men,
who were given awesome tasks to undertake, prayed to Allah (God) for someone that would help share in
their burden. There are striking similarities between their helpers as well.

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Prayed For Help

To say that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads assignment and mission was monumental
would be an understatement. In effect, he had to fight two battles at the same time. He had to fight with
his people to get them to come away from the ways of the world they learned while enslaved and
mistreated in America and he had to fight the open enemy of his people that wanted to keep them in an
inferior, abject condition.
Any sane person who is fighting a battle on one front, not to mention two fronts, would not mind
some help and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was no different. So, during his Saviours Day
speech in 1954, he made his desire for help known publicly.
In an article written by Minister Jabril Muhammad, a minister under the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, he said:

Like Moses, according to the scriptures, who sought from God a special
helper, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad sought from his Teacher, a special helper,
to help him with what his Teacher informed him was the hardest job the Almighty
ever gave to any man who ever lived.
From the 30s onward, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad continued to be on
the lookout for signs from his Teacher (God Himself) of the identity of this special
helper. In his February 1954 Saviour's Day speech he declared to the relatively
small audience:
Since you and me are witnesses here this afternoon in this world that we live,
we have been so greatly misunderstood that I desire that Allah send to me a little
helper; for 22 years I have worked hard wherever I was or may be to try to get
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into your ears and into your hearts the truth that Allah has revealed to me.

When the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that he desired for Allah (God) to send to him a little
helper, the question could be asked, what kind of little helper was he looking for? Contained in his
public petition was the type of help he desired. Right after the prayer for a little helper he said, for
22 years I have worked hard wherever I was or may be to try and to get into your ears and into your
hears the truth that Allah has revealed to me. Apparently, for 22 years he had some difficulty getting the
right words into the peoples ears and getting the love of the truth into their hearts.
Thus, since he wanted some help, then he was going to need someone who could speak well. If
his little helper could speak well, then the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad would, through his little
helper, be able to get the truth into the peoples ears better.
In addition, he would need someone with the right quality of heart to be able to get the truth that
he received directly from Allah (God) into the hearts of the people better. Meaning, the little helper
would be able to teach in such a way that those who heard the truth from him would begin to love the truth
with all their heart for the sake of the truth and not simply out of fear of the consequences of not
accepting the truth.
The scripture says that, [t]he fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of
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the holy is understanding. If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then where does the
end of wisdom take someone? Maybe once the hearer goes from fearing Allah (God) to loving Him, then
that person has grown in wisdom, and once that person acts on that wisdom of loving Allah (God), then
that person has reached a higher degree of understanding.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was praying for a person with the right spirit that he could

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marry with the truth. By doing so, that person would become, in essence, filled with the spirit of truth.
That one who would be filled with the spirit of truth would be able to speak the right words in the right
spirit into the ears and into the hearts of the people such that they would begin to love Allah (God) and the
truth with all their heart, mind, and soul.
Allah (God) heard the sincere prayer of His servant for a little helper. Of course, He already
knew His servant would pray for help. So, He already calculated and planned for it.
Interestingly, Moses, Aarons leader, teacher, and guide, also prayed for help with his awesome
mission of leading and guiding the Children of Israel. In the book of Exodus, after Allah (God) gave
Moses his assignment, Moses responded by saying, O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever
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else You may send. In the Holy Quran, Moses is recorded as saying to Allah (God), And give to
me an aider from my familyAdd to my strength by him, And make him share my task So that we may
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glorify Thee much, And much remember Thee.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
personally choose a man to lead His people, and at some point that man would pray for help.
So a parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses prayed to Allah (God) for someone to help him with his
assignment of leading the Children of Israel away from Pharaoh, and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad prayed to Allah (God) for a little helper to aid him
with his assignment of leading Black people away from the ways of their open
enemy.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad made that prayer for a helper in his 1954 Saviours Day
address and at his 1955 Saviours Day address, that little helper arrived in the person of Louis Walcott.

Allah (God) Sent The Charmer

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was born Louis Walcott on May 11, 1933, in Bronx,
New York. During his childhood, his mother relocated from New York to Boston, Massachusetts. In
school, he excelled in academics, music, and athletics. After high school, he attended Winston Salem State
University. He remained at Winston Salem through his junior year before leaving school and returning to
New York.
By 1955, he was an accomplished musician and was in high demand. He performed in clubs and
was known as The Charmer. He also performed on television playing the violin and singing calypso.
His musical gifts took him to Chicago in 1955 to perform at a nightclub called The Blue Angel. While in
Chicago, he attended the Nation of Islams annual Saviours Day address. It was there that he heard the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad speak for the very first time. The words he heard spoken that day
would change his life forever.
Allah (God), the sole Master of this day, orchestrated events to fashion and design the perfect
helper for His servant. No doubt, Master Fard Muhammad and His angels watched over the parents of
the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and created circumstances that brought about his conception in
just the right way. No doubt, Master Fard Muhammad and His angels orchestrated events to occur in the
Ministers life that would mold and shape him into the perfect type of man that the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad would need to help him with his mission.
In the oft-repeated prayer of the Muslims known as Al-Fatihah or The Opening, it says that

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Allah (God) is the Master of the day of Requital. Since Allah (God) is the Master of this day, then it
is He who is in complete control of what happens or does not happen. He can do a thing or allow a thing
to happen, but it is all for His purpose and His plan.
The Minister spoke to this topic in an interview with Minister Jabril Muhammad when he said:

So you know, Jabril, its a wonderful thing to be favored by God. You dont
know what you did to deserve such wonderful favor. I didnt do anything really, but
He formed me for His glory. I see that. He formed for His number one choice
(the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad) but I was in His mind all the time.
He knew the boy [me] because I was two going on three when the
Messenger I was three when He was leaving him, 1935, but He knew me. He
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knew me.

Thus, Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad knew that at a certain time His servant, the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, would desire a certain quality of help. He knew the help His servant
would have around him at a particular period in time would not be sufficient for His long-term plans. Then
He, Master Fard Muhammad, knew He had to fashion one from the womb of a woman to be the quality
of help He knew His servant would need in the future.
The Messenger prayed for a little helper at Saviours Day 1954 and the Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan became the answer to that prayer when he showed up at Saviours Day 1955. Later that
year, both the Minister and his wife became registered members of the Nation of Islam. He came up
under the tutelage of Malcolm X in New York. After he began to show signs of leadership and speaking
ability, Malcolm X sent him to be the minister in Boston, Massachusetts.
Under his leadership, the Boston mosque began bursting at the seams. The little meeting place the
Believers were renting was unable to contain the growing community and in just a few years, Boston,
under the leadership of Minister Louis 2X, purchased its own building. Proud of his representative in
Boston, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad accepted the invitation to dedicate the grand opening of
their new mosque.
It is not difficult to see a star in a cloudless night sky. Likewise, it was not difficult for the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad to see that he had a star in Minister Louis 2X. His ability to enlighten the
darkened minds of Black people with the light of truth as given by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
was remarkable. The shine on that star continued to increase in brilliance as Minister Louis 2X grew
and developed as a minister.
The spirit in which he delivered the word was matchless. Not only did he display rare oratorical
ability, his ability to apply the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to mentally and
spiritually resurrect Black people in and around the Boston area was apparent. This, undoubtedly, was not
lost on the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad either.
Interestingly, Allah (God) answered Moses prayer for a helper by sending him Aaron. In the book
of Exodus Allah (God) said to Moses, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak
well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Now
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you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth....So he shall be your spokesman to the people.
Since Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when He would
raise a man who would not be eloquent of speech and who would pray for a helper who could speak well.
He would then answer that prayer by sending him an eloquent speaker who would become his spokesman.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
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 The Parallel: Moses, who was not eloquent in speech, had a spokesperson chosen
personally by Allah (God) who was eloquent in speech, and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad, who was not eloquent in speech, had the Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan chosen for him by Allah (God) to be his spokesperson.
When the Minister joined the Nation of Islam is 1955, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
already had an eloquent spokesperson in Brother Malcolm X. To say that Brother Malcolm X was a
dominant, commanding, eloquent spokesperson would be an understatement. Circumstances in his life
eventually manifested certain defects in his thinking. Those defects ensured he would fulfill certain
aspects of the life of Aaron and those same defects ensured he would forfeit experiencing the full glory of
Aarons life as captured in the scriptures. The most glaring of those defects came when he, as the former
spokesperson for the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, began to publicly criticize his teachers domestic
life.

Domestic Life Criticized By Malcolm X

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925. Due to circumstances in his life, he only
completed the eight grade of school. Malcolm X came into the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad when he was in jail serving an 8-10 year sentence for robbery. While in jail, he converted to
Islam and desired to become a follower of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. After his release from
prison, he became a registered member of the Nation of Islam and became one of the staunchest
advocates for Islam as taught by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
It was not long before Malcolm Xs oratorical and analytical ability began to distinguish him from
the other ministers of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. He quickly rose through the ranks and
eventually became the national spokesman of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of
Islam in the mid-1950s.
As his spokesman, Malcolm X crisscrossed the country spreading Islam. He became one of the
most sought-after speakers in America. At a certain point on his ascent to the heights of popularity and
notoriety, he lost his way a bit when he disregarded plain instructions from his teacher.
After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad gave a direct order for every minister in the Nation of Islam to refrain from
commenting on the death of the president. He knew how beloved President Kennedy was in America so
he did not want anyone making any disparaging comments about the slain president. If such comments
were made, he knew it would bring unnecessary negative attention to the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X,
however, failed to follow those instructions.
On December 4, 1963, after delivering a speech entitled, Gods Judgment of White America, a
reporter asked Malcolm X for a comment on the death of President Kennedy. Contrary to the clear
instructions given by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X responded by saying that it was a
case of the chickens coming home to roost and that he was never sad when the chickens come home
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to roost.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was not pleased that his spokesman made those
comments because such comments poured salt in the wound of white and Black people who loved
President Kennedy greatly and were traumatized and anguished over his assassination. Such a public
display of insensitivity sparked immediate outrage and diatribes against the Nation of Islam, which was the
very thing the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad knew would happen.
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Nation of Islam for 90 days. Malcolm Xs probation period was over in March of 1964. After completing
the probation period, however, Malcolm X publicly announced he was leaving the Nation of Islam and he
never returned to the Nation of Islam as an active, registered member.
Soon after leaving the ranks of the Nation of Islam, he began to make disparaging comments
about the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad having more than one wife. He not only openly condemned
in private, but he also criticized it publicly at rallies and on the radio. He even went so far as to try and
recruit the wives of the Messenger to go public with such information. Malcolm X, for one reason or
another, was unable to see Allah (God)s hand in that circumstance in his life. Only time and guidance
from Allah (God) would have revealed the wisdom of such an occurrence.
No doubt there were other followers of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad who had a difficult
time understanding it as well. Some even fell away after hearing it. Those who, like Brother Malcolm, fell
away, however, did so because they were unfamiliar with the scriptures that were unfolding right before
their very eyes.
Had they known or at least believed he was fulfilling the scriptures pertaining to Moses and had
they read the scriptures and understood that Moses had more than one wife, then they may have had a
chance to weather the storms of uncertainty and confusion that were swirling in their minds on this issue.
Interestingly, the scriptures indicate that while Moses was married to a woman from Midian
(Saudi Arabia), Aaron, his spokesman, criticized him because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
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married.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would raise a man who would be criticized by his spokesman for taking on more than one wife.
So another parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses spokesman criticized him for having more than one wife,
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads former spokesman, Malcolm X,
criticized him for having more than one wife.
When Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam, he also left behind the post of spokesman and national
representative of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. In doing so, he made way for the man who
Master Fard Muhammad sent to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as an answer to his prayers. He
eventually assigned the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to be his spokesman and national
representative.
Soon thereafter, the Minister proved to be the most capable of any of the helpers of the
Messenger in representing the truth as his teacher gave it to them. To establish that his spokesman and
national representative was without equal in the Nation of Islam, the Messenger anointed him in front of
the Nation of Islam.

Anointed His Spokesperson in Front of the Nation

At the time that Malcolm X served as the spokesman and national representative of the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he had no equal. No one, at that time, exhibited a command of the English
language like him, no one exhibited the strength of delivery like him, and no one exhibited creativity in
illustrating the truth like him. No doubt, if the story of his 90-day suspension had a different ending, Brother
Malcolm would have been in line for more accolades and heavier responsibilities. As divine fate would
have it, he forfeited that eventuality.
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correction with humility and gratitude. When he failed that test, he dropped out of school completely
and never re-enrolled. By not re-enrolling, he could not finish his term and could not graduate to the next
level. School, however, would continue and there would be a new candidate for graduation and that
new candidate was the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
At one point, the Minster had a conversation with the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
regarding Brother Malcolms fall, how it happened and what would happen next. The Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad said to him:

Brother, when you have a piece of board that youre going to put in the
corner of the building to uphold the weight of the building, you have to put a lot of
stress on that board and if it breaks under the stress then you know thats not the
board you were looking for. You throw it away and you get you another one.
And he just looked at me. I said, Yes sir Well I said, Yes sir but I really
didnt understand fully what he was trying to tell me. But he was telling me so
muchHe said look Farrakhan Im about to put you at the corner of the building.
Youre going to be a precious corner stone but in order for me to make you the
corner stone I got to try you because youre going to have to hold up the weight of
the building when Im gone. So he used a board. He said, you gotta put stress on
it.
See, the board that was before me was Malcolm. Malcolm couldnt get a free
ride and be the leader of all black people and the leader of the Nation of Islam in
the absence of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm, like any student
in the class of a sensei or master, had to be stressed and brought to the brink of
breaking and then taken beyond his threshold of pain because when youre making
something you got to bring pain to it. Thats how men are made. You dont make
a real man by avoiding pain or a real woman by avoiding pain anymore than you
can make a child by avoiding pain.
Pain is the accompaniment of progress. So before there was a Farrakhan
there was a Malcolm. And the envy and jealousy of the brothers was created by
Malcolms own ability, which far out-distanced the ability of many of the
ministers...And the Messenger just focused their envy on Malcolm. Why Elijah?
Why would you do that to your prize student? Dont you love him?
He said, Yes I love him. But I love the Nation and I cant leave the wrong
piece of board in the corner so I got to put stress on Malcolm so I can see whats
in the man because if he cant handle the envy of a few negroes inside the house,
how will he handle the envy of a people when he ascends to power?
I can say with truth that I never was envious of Malcolm X. Never did I want
Malcolms position. Not one time in my life did I ever think in terms of bringing
somebody down to get myself up. And anybody who thinks like that is unfit for any
high calling. He put stress on Malcolm.
The pressure on the inside of the Nation was great and, in truth, Malcolm
broke under that pressure. How do you know he broke? Once Malcolm learned
of Elijah Muhammads wives, not wife, wives and children, he either had to
understand it and deal with it, which he did understand and I know that he
understood because I had that conversation with him, but he became vindictive
against his master and teacher that made him who and what he was.
He took what he knew of his teachers life and put it before the world to hurt
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 beat his teacher with. He broke. He didnt understand what Elijah was doing for
him by what Elijah was doing to him.
So when my poor brother was assassinated, they tell me that in Phoenix,
Arizona, they had on a tape and I was on the tape and as the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad walked by the room he said that one is going to be greater than
Malcolm. And he said to my face, you could never do to me what Malcolm did
to me because it just aint in me.
Ive never been a vindictive manSo when my father said, I put stress on
the board and if it broke under the stress I know its not the board Im looking for.
And now look, my father said to me, Everything that Malcolm wanted will come to
you.
I didnt know what he wanted, but whatever it was, he knew it and he said it
would come to me. It would come to me why? Because Im better? It would come
to me because the quality of my heart is the right quality for any man who would
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redeem and reconcile a people with God and with one another.

After the departure of Malcolm X from the ranks of the Nation of Islam in 1963, the flock of Mosque
Number 7 in New York City was left without a shepherd. To say that New York City was a pillar in the
Nation of Islam would be an understatement. So the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad could not leave
New York without strong representation.
As he scanned the Nation looking for a viable candidate for the post, he found what he was
looking for in Minister Louis 2X. In 1967, he reassigned him from Boston to New York.
New York was a hard city. The oppression and depravation suffered by the Black man and
woman in Harlem, New York, was some of the worst experienced in America. Such depravation,
however, was no match for one filled with the spirit of truth. It was not long before spiritual seismic
activity began rocking the core of the Big Apple. Kinshasa, Zaire was not the only place where there
was a Rumble in the Jungle. Harlem began rumbling too. This firebrand speaker from Boston was put
on the national stage and he brought the house down night after night. New York did not skip a beat. In
fact, it picked up the pace under the new leadership of the young minister from Boston. Shortly after the
move to New York, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad made him his national spokesman and changed
his last name to Farrakhan.
Even to the casual observer, the Minister held a special place in the heart of the Messenger. No
doubt, he could see that the Minister was, in fact, the answer to his prayers. No doubt, Allah (God) in the
Person of Master Fard Muhammad, showed him that his new spokesman and national representative
would play a significant role in the future of the Nation. No doubt, he wanted to make it abundantly clear
to his followers that the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was special to him and that he had no equal.
One way he made it abundantly clear was during The Theology of Time lecture series. During
that lecture series, on practically any given Sunday from June to October of 1972, Black women in their
flowing white garments and Black men in their crisp uniforms could be seen marching into the four-story-
high stone structure on the corner of 74th and Stony Island to hear the life-giving Teachings of the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad directly from him.
During that lecture series, he expounded upon the deep wisdom that Master Fard Muhammad
gave him. He taught further into the creation of the universe, the making of the devil, the meaning of
certain scriptures, and he even taught on his plans for economic development.
Beyond the wisdom that he taught and the plans for economic development that he shared,
something quite significant happened that might have gone unnoticed by some. The Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad actually anointed whom Allah (God) had chosen to lead his people in his absence. That one

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Sat In His Teachers Seat

During the lecture series, different ministers flew into Chicago from all over the country to hear
from the Messenger of Allah. In the Temple where he spoke, there are seven rows of seats on the
stage near the rostrum. Some ministers would try and sit in the first row or two just to be in the best seat
for the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to see them. Little did they know that he would see them
better by their works in their cities than by sitting in the front row of a particular section. It is likely that
the Messenger was aware of this because it would not be difficult for a man of his wisdom and
intelligence to discern those who were trying to be the center of his attention for vain reasons.
Separate and apart from the section where the ministers sat is a seat made completely of marble,
which stands over 5 feet tall. The seat is built on top of a 6-inch pedestal that is also made of marble.
The seat has a plush cushion in it to make the seat comfortable to sit in. That seat belongs to the father of
the house who is the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
It was and is more than just a seat. It is closer to a throne upon which sits Allah (God)s anointed
servant among His people. With that understanding, no member of the Nation of Islam was authorized to
sit in that seat. All that changed, however, on July 9, 1972, when the Messenger wanted everyone to
know that he had one particular minister that was more valuable to him than any other minister in the
entire Nation of Islam.
On that particular Sunday, as he began to address the Nation of Islam and the guests that were in
attendance, he happened to hear a familiar voice of encouragement that said, Go ahead dear Apostle!
That phrase came across with the customary spirit, love, and passion as it always did from one who had
dedicated every fiber of his being to helping his teacher to raise the dead to life by Allah (God)s
permission. That voice of encouragement came from his national representative.
Immediately after hearing that loving voice, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said, Who
was that that said Go ahead? Come up here. I think I know your voice. Oh, youre all right. No, right
here. (The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad pointed to his seat that no one sat in but him.) Brother, in
this seat, brother. (He pointed to his seat again.) Yes, take that seat. The Minister could not believe that
the leader of the Nation of Islam was directing him to sit in his seat. He was hesitant to take the seat and
that is why he had to tell him more than once to take that seat. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
then turned to the audience and said, You know, brothers, when you have a helper, you dont want him to
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get out of your sight.
When he first said, Go ahead dear Apostle[,] the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was not
sitting in the first, second, or third row in the section where the other ministers sat. He was actually sitting
in the last row in the section. It was not that he did not want to be as close to the leader as he could, but it
was because he was comfortable and secure enough in Allah (God) that he did not have to jockey for a
position in the front.
So when the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad called for him to come closer, he had to call him
from the back row of ministers and guided him to sit in his seat throughout the entire lecture. He knew in
1972 that he was looking at the man who Allah (God) had chosen to sit in his seat over the house in his
absence, and he never sat anyone else in his seat.
The Minister recounted that fateful day when he said:

So when I come, the ministers are seated on the side. I sit in the back row
and he starts preaching and he hears me bearing witness. I hear my minister back

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 here. Then he brings me and sits me they made room for me on the front row.
What is he doing back here? He should be down front here. They get up and
make room. Then when they make room on the front row he looks over at me and
say and he points to his seat. Then I gingerly get up and go sit in his seat. I could
feel the daggers from the minister in the back of my head even though there is
marble that hides my head. I could feel those daggers, Brother. Ok. Im sitting in
his seat.
Now I come out the next week I dont go sit in that seat. But now he wants to
see So since I sit you there once, you going to sit there every week? Thats my
chair Brother. I go right back in the back they brought me to sit on the front row
with the ministers. I wouldnt go back and sit there unless he sat me there again.
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But for that Sunday he made me to sit in his seat.

Bringing the Minister out from where he was sitting, directing him to sit in his seat, and saying that he did
not want his helperto get out of [his] sight, was an anointing. Though it may have been lost on many,
it was one of the first public indications that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad had anointed the
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to sit in his seat and head the Nation of Islam in his absence. During
subsequent Theology of Time lectures, he added to that anointing by making unique and profoundly
complimentary statements about his little helper.

Full of theHoly Spirit of Allah

One thing that distinguished the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan from all the other ministers in
the Nation of Islam was his fiery spirit in delivering the word. That spirit was so strong it could light a wet
match. That spirit could only be a gift from Allah (God) and it was apparent to anyone who heard him
teach and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad recognized it as well.
During one particular lecture, he said:

Well, Ive got to look at you a little bit. I love to look at my pretty people. Brother
Minister Farrakhan was calling you beautiful, so Ive got to look at you and see
whether youre beautiful or not. If youre not beautiful, Im going to tell him he
made a mistake. You know, Brother Farrakhan is a very good minister. He has
been with us for a long time, and hes a man full of fire; the fire of the Holy Spirit
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of Allah wonderful minister, wonderful.

There is no known record of the Messenger of Allah (God) ever saying to a minister other than the
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan that he was full of the fire of the Holy Spirit of Allah. It was
unique to this one man.

Everywhere You Hear Him, Listen to Him

Due to the Ministers love, devotion, faith, belief, and works, it became apparent that Allah (God)
had His hand over him and was guiding him in his delivery of the Teachings. There came a time during the
lecture series that the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhans divine heirship became even more clear.
During a particular lecture, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said to those in attendance:

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 We have with us today our great national preacher. The preacher who don't
mind going into Harlem, New York, one of the most worst towns in our nation or
cities. It is our brother in Detroit and Chicago or New York. But, I want you to
remember every week he's on the air helping me to reach those people that I can't
get out of my house and go reach them like he.
I want you to pay good attention to his preaching. His preaching is a bearing
of witness to me and what God has given to me.
This is one of the strongest national preachers that I have in the bounds of
North America. Everywhere you hear him, listen to him. Everywhere you see him,
look at him. Everywhere he advises you to go, go. Everywhere he advises you to
stay from, stay from. For we are thankful to Allah for this great helper of mine,
Minister Farrakhan.
He's not a proud man. He's a very humble man. If he can carry you across
the lake without dropping you in; he don't say when you get on the other side, 'You
see what I have done?' He tells you, 'You see what Allah has done.' He doesn't
take it upon himself. He's a mighty fine preacher. We hear him every week, and I
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say continue to hear our Minister Farrakhan.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad gave his blessings to his chief student and instructed the Believers
to obey him and follow him wherever he went. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad knew Allah (God)
would be with his student as He had been with him.

An Honor

During another lecture in the Theology of Time series, the Messenger said, Were happy to have
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Minister Farrakhan of Number 7 with us This is an honor to us. How extraordinary was it that a
man of the stature and prestige of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad would say it was an honor to
have one of his students among them? Clearly, he was trying to send a message to everyone listening that
his national spokesman and representative held a high place in his eyes and in his heart.

East Coast Buster

During yet another lecture in that series, the Messenger publicly thanked his top student for the
exceptional work he was doing in representing him and his Teachings. In that lecture he said:

I thank you, my brother I want to call him another name the East Coast
Buster Bro. Farrakhan. I call him that name, and I dont think I miss it he
busts up the East Coast. Look out, brother western ministers. Hes out here to bust
the West up, and so youd better be careful. The sun is prophesied to rise from the
West. So if hes got to come from the East to rise from the West, we welcome
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 Interestingly, Moses took Aaron and anointed him in front of the congregation of the Children of
Israel. In the book of Leviticus, it says that Allah (God) directed Moses to bring Aaron and the anointing
oil in front of the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and pour some of the anointing oil on
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Aaron's head[.]
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would raise a man who would have a spokesman and would anoint his spokesman in front of his
followers.
So another significant parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses brought his spokesman out front of the Children of Israel and
anointed him in their presence, and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad brought
his national spokesman out front of the Nation of Islam and anointed him in their
presence.
To say that the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was and is a special man to the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad would be a gross understatement. It was not just his speaking abilities that set him
apart and it was not just his being brought out in front of the people that set him apart from the other
ministers of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. In addition to those things, what set him apart from
the other ministers was how he viewed and responded to his teacher. He did not just see his teacher as a
regular man. He saw him as a man that was a reflection of Allah (God) on earth. In fact, he saw his
teacher as a god.

A God to His Spokesperson

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has a love so deep for the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad that there are no words to adequately describe it. Part of that love comes from having a heart
fashioned by Allah (God) while in the womb of his mother for the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Another part of that love comes from the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad being the man that the
Minister had been looking for practically his entire life.
Such deep love and admiration for his teacher caused him to undertake an extraordinary study of
his teacher along with a study of the scriptures. The results of that study are evident in how he hung on
every word from his teacher. It was and is evident in the vigor with which he followed his teacher. It was
and is evident in his representation of his teacher. The results of that study caused the Minister to
conclude that his teacher was not just an ordinary man, but he was actually a god among them.
In the book of Genesis, Allah (God) said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
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likeness. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has said, Every one of us contains the essence of
God, but that essence must be fed in order for us to grow up into a reflection of God, to become His image
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and likeness. He has also said, If God created you from Himself, that means every one of you is a
god, and has Gods Divine Nature in you. As David the Psalmist says, Ye are all gods, children of the
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Most High God.
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A god with a small g can be described as one having force and power. A god in the
spiritual sense, could be described as a near perfect reflection of the Supreme Being.
The Minister spoke on this concept when he said:

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saying that Gods greatest grace is to give man guidance and wisdom to grow man
into Himself, man is no longer man, but becomes a reflection of God.
Thus, God is in man and man is in God and I and God become one. How do
you become one with God? Submit your will entirely to do Gods Will, then God
starts working in you, through you, so that as you walk, God is walking. If you talk
Gods Will, God is talking. When you act Gods Will, God is acting. It is no longer
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God and a prophet, but it is God and extensions of God.

The Minister also said on this point:

Jesus said, The kingdom of heaven is within you. And a Warner came and said,
The kingdom of heaven is at hand. If the Kingdom of Allah (God) is within you,
that means that when Allah (God) created us of that single essence, He put
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Himself in us. So I am a god-- not The God-- and so are you.
To be clear, there is and can only be One Supreme Being in the universe. That One Supreme Being, as
mentioned earlier, is referred to as Allah in Arabic and God in English, but both are referring to the
same Man. The Supreme Being, however, would have the ability to fashion people after Himself and make
them into little gods. The Minister has said that Allah (God) made Elijah Muhammad into
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Himself, and, therefore, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was made a god[.]
The Minister did not worship his teacher, but he obeyed him the way a person should obey Allah
(God). He loved him the way a person should love Allah (God). He listened to him the way a person
should listen to Allah (God). When he listened to his teacher, he knew that he was not listening to some
ordinary man. He heard the wisdom of Allah (God) coming through that man and he soaked it up like dry
land soaking up rain falling from a cloud.
The Messenger of Allah (God) was and is a god to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
because he could see Allah (God) formed in him. He witnessed his teacher speak a thing and watched it
come into existence. So, the Messenger was the closest representation of Allah (God) on earth that the
Minister could find, which caused him to view his teacher as a god.
Interestingly, Moses was as God to Aaron. In the book of Exodus, Allah (God) said to Moses that
Aaron shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall
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be to him as God.
Since Allah (God) said He would raise one like unto Moses, then there would come a time when
He would raise a man who would have a spokesman that would view him as a god.
So another significant parallel exists between the historical Moses and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.

The Parallel: Moses was as God to Aaron, and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad was and is a god to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.

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The following is a synopsis of the significant parallels between the life and works of Moses and
the life and works of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad:
1. There was a plot to kill Moses at the beginning of his mission (Exodus 2:15; Holy Quran
28:15-16) and there was a plot to kill the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad at the
beginning of his mission.

2. Moses met Allah (God) in Midian (Saudi Arabia) (Exodus 3:1-4; Holy Quran 20:10-15)
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad met Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard
Muhammad who was from Saudi Arabia.

3. Moses spoke with Allah (God) face to face as a man speaks to his friend (Exodus 33:11)
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad spoke to Master Fard Muhammad face-to-face
and was His friend.

4. Moses saw Allah (God) leave his presence and only saw Him from the back when He left
(Exodus 33:21-23) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad saw Master Fard
Muhammad turn around and he only saw His back as he walked away from him;

5. Allah (God) raised Moses to take His place in delivering the Children of Israel from Egypt
(Exodus 3:6-10) and Master Fard Muhammad raised the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad to take His place in leading Black people in America.

6. Moses was not eloquent of speech (Exodus 4:10-12) and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad did not always speak grammatically correct English.

7. Moses had more than one wife (Exodus 18:2 and Numbers 12:1) and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad had more than one wife.

8. Moses led a people who had been enslaved and mistreated for 400 years (Genesis 15:13)
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad led the descendants of a people who had been
enslaved and mistreated for more than 400 years.

9. Moses challenged the most powerful ruler of his day (Exodus 5:1; Holy Quran 7:103-105)
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad challenged presidents of the United States of
America and their wicked policy makers.

10. Moses had the knowledge of what took place in the beginning of creation, which was well
before he was even born (Genesis 1:1 2:3) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
taught on what took place at the beginning of creation.

11. Moses advocated for separation of the Children of Israel from their oppressors (Exodus
33:13-17) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad strongly advocated for the separation
of his people from their oppressors.

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12. Moses discouraged intermarriage between the Children of Israel and the strangers in the
land in which Allah (God) led them into (Deuteronomy 7:1-4) and the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad discourage intermarriage between Black people and the children of their
former slave masters.

13. Moses brought a strict law to the Children of Israel who were stiff-necked and rebellious
(Deuteronomy 5:1-22) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad brought the Restrictive
Laws for the members of the Nation of Islam to follow.

14. Moses taught the Children of Israel what foods to eat and what foods not to eat (Leviticus
11:1-12) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught his followers How to Eat to
Live.

15. Moses started a three-year economic savings program for the Children of Israel to help
support the poor and less fortunate (Deuteronomy 14:22-29) and the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad started a three-year, economic savings program to help support the poor and
less fortunate.

16. Moses referred to the Children of Israel as a nation (Exodus 33:13) and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad called his followers The Nation.

17. Moses led the Children of Israel for 40 years (Deuteronomy 29:5; Holy Quran 5:24-26)
and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was physically among the Believers and leading
the Nation of Islam for 40 years (1935-1975).

18. Manna fell from heaven during the 40 years that Moses was among the Children of
Israel (Deuteronomy 8:1-3) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad brought a unique
Teaching from Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad for the 40 years that
he was among the people.

19. Moses teachings were discarded by the Children of Israel after he was no longer among
them (Deuteronomy 31:27-29) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads Teachings and
doctrine were discarded by members of the Nation of Islam and its leadership after he was
no longer physically among them.

20. Moses prayed for help (Exodus 4:13; Holy Quran 20:29-36) and, in 1954, the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad prayed for help.

21. Aaron, who was an eloquent speaker, was sent to help Moses (Exodus 4:14-16, 27; Holy
Quran 28:34) and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, who was and is an eloquent
speaker, was sent by Allah (God) to help the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

22. Moses spokesperson criticized him for taking on more than one wife (Numbers 12:1) and
Malcolm X, the then former spokesperson for the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
publicly criticized him for taking on more than one wife.

23. Moses anointed Aaron in front of the congregation of the Children of Israel (Leviticus 8:1-
13) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad anointed the Honorable Minister Louis

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24. Moses was as God to Aaron (Exodus 4:16) and the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
was a god to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.

The parallels listed here are not just words; they are works. The Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad lived this. He said he was the Moses of the Bible and the Holy Quran and his works bear
witness that he told us the truth. No other man on this planet has ever had more parallels between his life
and Moses life than the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Some may choose to reject such a statement and claim someone else is the fulfillment of the
prophetic scriptures pertaining to one being raised like Moses. Those who reject him as the prophetic
fulfillment of the historical Moses would have to present another person and show that the works of that
other person is a closer resemblance to Moses. Unless that happens, then it would be wise to accept the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as the one who Allah (God) would raise like unto Moses.

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His Works Bear Witness of Him
It is one thing for a man to say who he thinks he is. It is something completely different for his
works to say who he actually is. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan once said, [A]s you can tell a
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tree by the fruit it bears, you can tell a man by his works. A person can say he is your friend, but if
he lies to you as opposed to telling you the truth, if he steals from you as opposed to keeping your assets
secure, if he undermines you as opposed to supporting you, then he is not your friend because those are
not things that friends would do.
If a man says he is of Allah (God) and / or from Allah (God), the first things that should be
analyzed are his works. If his works serve to disadvantage, oppress, harm, or even kill, then it is hard to
say he is from Allah (God). If Allah (God) is that mans Father, then that man would love truth,
righteousness, freedom, justice, and equality much like Jesus told a group of his detractors, If God were
your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself,
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but He sent Me. That may be why later in the book of John, Jesus is recorded as saying, I told you,
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and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Fathers name, they bear witness of Me.
Words can easily refute other words, however, words cannot easily refute actions. For example, a
man can say he can hold his breath for seven minutes and another man can disbelieve that and say he
cannot. They can use words and argue all day about who is right. Once that man does hold his breath for
seven or more minutes, his worksbear witness of him and the disbeliever is overcome by the
verification of the truth that was spoken.
Let us presume a scripture was written thousands of years before these men were born that said,
a man will come that will be able to hold his breath for seven minutes and when he comes, you will know
that he is my anointed one and you should follow him. When a man appears who is able to perform that
work and there is no one else who can match his work, then that man is the best fulfillment of that
scripture and people should follow him.
Thousands of years ago, a prophet wrote in the book of Deuteronomy that Allah (God) would
raise one up like Moses and will put words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that Allah (God)
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commanded of him. In other words, that man would be Allah (God)s servant doing His will among the
people and the people who claim Allah (God) as their Father should follow that man.
Anyone who reads the Bible and believes in the truth of the Bible would want to try and identify
who this one is who would be like Moses because that one would be backed by, taught by, guided by, and
protected by Allah (God) Himself.
In Message to the Blackman, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said on this point:

A prophet would be raised among a people and that this man would be like
Moses, but the Holy Quran and Bible do not give the direct place that this people
would be. Moses was raised among his brethren to warn and guide them, and they
were the ones who rejected him at first. And it was Moses that God spoke to that
a last messenger would be like him.
Moses people had not a prophet come to them from God before the raising up
of Moses, and they did not know the scripture because Pharaoh had them
worshipping in his false religion. Therefore, Moses had to preach a new God and a
new religion to the Hebrews and give them a new concept of God and His religion.
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God and that Gods true religion which the slave master did not teach them.

In the Theology of Time lecture series, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said:

You notice that here in the desert, as Moses gives to us some history of his
travels with Israel in the desert, which also must be interpreted because it all
reaches back at us. And if we dont know why he was out there in the desert
doing what he did, that it is a history made to reach us here today we must prove
it.
So what Im telling you is what he prophesied. He said, the Lord thy God will
raise up from among your brethren a prophet like me. How is he like Moses? Jesus
verified Moses saying that God will send us a prophet like Moses. Well, Number
one: Moses went after a people that had been deceived by a people. He got ahold
to Pharaoh, who was an enemy to Moses and his people. And so in this history, it
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gives us more light on the last messenger and his work.

At another point during the lecture series he said:

Brothers and sisters, I do not teach the people other than the truth. What I
teach is truth. I am not here to add nothing to the truth. I am not here to try to
make you think that I am something that I am not. If you think that I am trying to
make you see me in the light of something that I am not in, get your book and come
on and I will get my book and I will prove to you that I dont go beyond the scope
of my ownmission that Allah has given to me.
If I say anything beyond what I have been missioned to do that you cant find
me backed up in it in the scripture of truth come to me. Ill pay you $100 for
every one.oh nothats not enough. Ill give you $10,000 then for every story
that I tell you other than the truth of my mission and of my work. You find anything
that Im doing that you can prove that it is even other than righteous, I will give you
$10,000 if you cannot locate the answer in the scriptures of truth.
There never was a false prophet sent to the people in the past and this is not
one standing before you. Some of the things that I do you may label as being other
than right but that is just because you have not read the scriptures, you havent
learned what the last man should look like, what he should do, and how that the
book teaches you that he is a fulfiller and you dont take time to read what a
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fulfiller is.

Based on these statements, he knew he was walking through the footsteps of Moses, but some of those
who were following him did not know because they did not know the scriptures.
Some would say the Jesus that lived 2,000 years ago was the fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures
indicating that Allah (God) would raise one like unto Moses. Those are, of course, words and two people
can argue with words forever. To defend the position that Jesus of 2,000 years ago was the fulfillment of
the prophetic scripture, one would have to establish that his life and works parallel the life and works of
Moses. Jesus was a divine man who was a perfect reflection and embodiment of Allah (God) in man.
The only question is, does his works parallel the works of Moses closer than the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammads works?

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 In analyzing the life and works of the historical Jesus in comparison to what is known about the
life and works of Moses, there is no indication from the scriptures that the Jesus:

1. began his mission with people trying to kill him,

2. was ever in Midian (Saudi Arabia) or was taught by someone from Arabia,
3. was slow of speech or tongue,
4. was married or had more than one wife,
5. led a people who were enslaved and oppressed for 400 years in a land that was not
their own,
6. threatened the ruler of his day to let his people go,
7. taught on the beginning of creation,
8. advocated strongly for separation,
9. discouraged intermarriage,
10. brought a strict law,
11. taught what foods to eat and not to eat,
12. started a three-year economic savings program,
13. led a people for 40 years particularly since all accounts indicate that Jesus did not live
to be 40 years old.
14. prayed for a helper,
15. had a spokesman,
16. had his domestic life criticized by his spokesman,
17. anointed his spokesman in front of his followers, or
18. was a god to his spokesman that he did not have.

These are critical components in the life and mission of the historical Moses. These aspects to Moses life
serve as signs of what to look for when attempting to identify the prophetic Moses when he comes and
Jesus does not appear to fit that description. Such a statement does not diminish, in any way, Jesus
importance and significance in the eyes of any Christian or Muslim.
In fact, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has said that a person cannot be a true Muslim
who disbelieves in Jesus. The question here is simply whether or not the Jesus of 2,000 years ago fulfilled
the prophetic scriptures pertaining to Moses and it simply does not appear to be the case.
Many, if not most, Muslims who do not follow the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad would argue
that Prophet Muhammad of 1,400 years ago (Peace and Blessings be upon him) was the prophetic
fulfillment of the Old Testament scriptures of one being raised like Moses.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, however, addressed that point as well. In Message to
the Blackman he said:

it is like their (the Orthodox Muslims) belief in thinking that Muhammad of

nearly 1,400 years ago was a prophet like Moses, that Moses prophesied in Deut.
18:18. But they forget that Moses was a man who was raised in the house of
bondage under a king who held him and his people in bondage to him and to his
false worship of God and religion. And he desired no one to interfere with his
teachings, given to his slaves. His fear, according to the Holy Quran, was that
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 The Orthodox Muslims think this was fulfilled in the Meccans opposition to
Muhammad. Not so! He does not compare with the prophecy of a man like Moses,
for there was no king singled out who opposed Muhammad in Mecca. There was
no separation of the Arabs from any slave-masters and a destruction of the slave-
masters. It was a certain class of people of science.
The Meccans were not enslaved to any physical king and people only to
false belief. But remember that prophecy: like unto me. The man had to be one
who received a revelation or guidance from Allah to physically liberate a people
from the physical holding of a superior force or ruler. He must fight with this
particular ruling class to release his people like Moses. Then, he must give them
their own religion, teach them the knowledge of the true God (Allah) and His true
religion, Islam. And set up a completely new religious service, never known to his
people before. He must overcome them with nothing but the Truth and the power
and guidance of Allah as Moses did with Pharaoh and his well-armed army,
because he is not in a position to arm himself and his followers with carnal
weapons. The enemy controls the manufacture of arms.
He must be one like Moses, dependent upon Allah for the victory over his
enemy. Here he shows forth, in a land where Allah has not been worshiped and
where Islam has not been accepted as the true religion; the power of Allah is
shown by letting Allah fight his and his peoples battle against their wicked
oppressors. This is the true type of a man like Moses. If you study the prophecy
concerning the last Messenger of God, according to the description given to the
man by the Bibles prophecy in the Torah and Gospel, you will find that he is a man,
according to the [Psalm], with the name of Muhammad and also you will find him
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in the Revelations under the symbolical name, Lamb.

Neither Jesus of 2,000 years ago nor Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) of 1,400 years ago match
the prophetic fulfillment of the scriptures of one being raised like Moses. Who, then, is that prophetic
Moses? This book began by asking the question, Is it possible that the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad is the future Moses that was prophesied to come that fulfills the scriptures related to one
being raised like Moses? At this point, the answer to that question should be as obvious as the sun in the
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THE PROMISED LAND

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When Prophecy Is Fulfilled
Previously we mentioned how the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said that nearly two-thirds
of the Bible was prophetic when it was written while the other approximately one-third of the Bible was
historical. This means that approximately one-third of what was written in the Bible did actually occur in
the past while nearly two-thirds of what was written served as signs of things to come in the future. As
time goes on, more scriptures become fulfilled. Therefore, less of the Bible is prophetic while more of the
Bible becomes historical.
If a present-day man begins fulfilling what the scriptures say that a man would do, then a sincere
follower should be found reading the other scriptures related to that historical prophet to see what the
future may hold based on other scriptures that have yet to be fulfilled.
Those scriptures that have yet to be fulfilled give an opportunity to see what may lie ahead. In
studying yet-to-be-fulfilled scriptures, a student of the scriptures has an opportunity to adjust his or her
thinking, behavior, and actions in an effort to be prepared for what may come in the future.
This concept is not foreign to anyone reading these words. This is done everyday by weather
forecasters. The meteorologists study historical data, such as the almanac, to see what has happened in
the past. That person then studies current data and current weather patterns to see if what is happening
today matches what was recorded in the past. By making such a comparison, the weather forecaster then
predicts or prophesies what the weather may be tomorrow and for the next few days after that. In
other words, they predict what may happen in the future based on what was written in the past and based
on what has manifested in the present. If the meteorologist predicts a thunderstorm, it might be wise to
have an umbrella ready. If the meteorologist predicts heavy snow, it might be wise to get a shovel.
The same is true with the scriptures. The prophetic scriptures were written in the past. A student
should analyze current events to see where those scriptures have been and are being fulfilled. By doing
so, the student has an opportunity to study other scriptures to see what tomorrow may hold if it is the will
of Allah (God). This is different than a fortuneteller or a palm reader who attempts to tell a person his or
her future based on some energy they allegedly feel from the person or based on reading the lines on
someones hands.
Potentially seeing into the future based on scripture is about a scientific study of the scriptures. It
is about a calculated comparison between those scriptures and current events to identify, if possible, the
fulfillment of those scriptures.
Up to this point, major aspects of Moses life, work, and mission as found in the scriptures have
been compared to major aspects of the life, work, and mission of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
The goal now is to go back to the scriptures related to Moses to see what has yet to be fulfilled. By doing
so, this gives an indication as to what tomorrow may hold for those who follow and those who oppose the
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
One thing the historical Moses did was that he prepared the Children of Israel to enter into The
Promised Land. Much like there is a historical Moses and a prophetic fulfillment of Moses, there is a
historical Promised Land and a prophetic fulfillment of The Promised Land.

The Covenant
What is The Promised Land? The Bible speaks of a land the Children of Israel would inherit after
being in bondage and being afflicted for 400 years. The land they would inherit would be the very land in
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become theirs and is described as a land flowing with milk and honey. In other words, that land
would be like heaven on earth or a type of paradise for the inhabitants. This heaven on Earth, this
paradise, this Hereafter, as it is referred to in the Holy Quran, is what is commonly known as The
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Promised Land.
In the 87th chapter of the Holy Quran, it says, He is indeed successful who purifies himself, and
remembers the name of his Lord, then prays. But you prefer the life of this world, while the Hereafter is
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better and more lasting. Surely this is in the earlier scriptures. The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
Here, the Holy Quran identifies a connection between Abraham and Moses with respect to the
Hereafter. Allah (God) in the Holy Quran informed the people that the life of the Hereafter is better than
the life of this world and the scriptures of Abraham and Moses would speak to such a place.

America: The Prophetic Promised Land

Allah (God) made the covenant with Abraham that He would come after the Children of Israels
suffering and affliction in Egypt and would raise one to lead them out of such suffering into The Promised
Land, a paradise, a heaven on Earth. Allah (God) fulfilled that covenant when He came in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad, after the suffering, slavery, and affliction of Black people in America and raised
the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to lead Black people into the Hereafter.
Master Fard Muhammad taught the Messenger of Allah what heaven looks like. The Messenger
said of Master Fard Muhammad, He calls on us to SUBMIT to HIM that He would sit us in heaven at
once. He made it clear what constitutes heaven on earth: freedom, justice, equality, money, good homes
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and friendship in all walks of life.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan teaches that belief is the absence of knowledge.
Therefore, it is reasonable to believe something, but it is infinitely better to know something. Many of the
Messengers followers under the guidance of the Minister started out believing in the Teachings. Some,
however, still doubted the truth of what he spoke. Those who doubted, and still doubt, had and have an
inferior knowledge of the scriptures and an inferior understanding of his place in the scriptures. The Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad once said, And how canst thou have patience in that whereof thou hast not
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a comprehensive knowledge?
To discover that the scriptures say a man would be raised like Moses and to find there is no man
anyone can present who fits the modern-day description of Moses better than the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad should help in becoming more patient with the man and his mission.
This book was not written to stir the emotions of the reader by making lofty declarations that are
unfounded in scripture or history. Throughout this book was the methodical attempt to show how major
aspects of the life of Moses matched major aspects of the life of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
The goal of this book continues by attempting to get the reader to know that the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad has prepared Black people in America to enter The Promised Land not on some other
continent, but right here in America. It is not that America under this current exploitative, capitalist system
represents the fulfillment of Allah (God)s covenant with Abraham, but that He would take the
descendants of Americas slaves and make them into a new and perfect ruler here in America.
What does all this mean for the followers of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the
guidance of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan? It means that we, according to the scriptures, are

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positioned to be the first of the new and perfect rulers in this land after the fall of America, which is
absolutely happening right before our very eyes. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said the fall of
America was imminent and, by all indications, it has arrived in full glory.
Our hearts, however, should not be troubled because the scriptures foretold that a time like this
was coming. The fall of America, however, is all a part of Allah (God)s plan. As we watch the fall of the
last great superpower of this world, we should find ourselves ever stronger in our faith and stronger in our
devotion to Master Fard Muhammad, the One who came to save us and to Whom praise is due forever.
We should know that The Promised Land, paradise, the hereafter, heaven on Earth, is just around the
corner for those who are patient.
The Holy Quran says, And certainly We sent Moses with Our messages, saying: Bring forth thy
people from darkness into light and remind them of the days of Allah. In this are surely signs for every
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steadfast, grateful one. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad did that and is doing that today
through his servant, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
To those who are not members of the Nation of Islam, consider the time in which we live,
consider the scriptures you have grown up reading your entire life that were always taught to you as
something in the distant past, and consider what you have read in this book.
You may still be waiting on one to come who you believe will be the second coming of the
prophets of the Old Testament, but we in the Nation of Islam are here to let you know that they are here.
Master Fard Muhammad fulfills some of those scriptures, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad fulfills
some of those scriptures, and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan fulfills some of those scriptures.
To be clear, it is not that what you believe is wrong. In fact, most of it is correct. It is just that
there is an additional step that still has to be taken, which is the application of what you have been taught
to what is transpiring today. What is transpiring today is that men are fulfilling those scriptures you have
read all the days of your life. It is now up to you to accept the men who fulfill those scriptures, accept the
message that they bring, and support the Nation of Islam.
In the alternative, you could be like those who rejected Noah and refused to help him as he built
an ark of protection and salvation in their presence though they perceived not. Noah looked like a mad
man and was called as much and worse for building an ark with no rain in sight. Of course, that was until
the first storm cloud appeared and drowned all those who rejected him while the ark he built at Allah
(God)s direction floated on.
If you can show us one who better fits the description of one being raised like Moses better than
the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, we, in the Nation of Islam, would be foolish not to follow you to
that one. If you cannot find someone who better fits the description of one being raised like Moses better
than the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, it would be foolish of you not to follow him.
Many Christian preachers and theologians teach that Jesus fulfilled every prophecy in the Old
Testament including Deuteronomy 18:18, which says, I will raise them up a Prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that
I shall command him. Ask those who hold such a position to show you how Jesus life and works parallel
Moses life and works. If they cannot - and they cannot - then consider the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad as the Messiah that you have been waiting on to come.
To the enemy of the Messiah who seeks to cut him off from the people and thwart the forward
progress of the Nation of Islam, the scriptures are already written against you. The ultimate success of
the Nation of Islam was guaranteed when Master Fard Muhammad made Himself known on July 4, 1930.
Some now recognize this and are preparing to aid the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in the mental
and spiritual resurrection of the Black man and woman here in North America and eventually around the
world. You would do well to help also.
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mirrors the life, works, and mission of Moses. That is because Moses was a sign of him. Those
scriptures that were written thousands of years ago pointed to this day, this time, this hour that we now
live.
Allah says in the Holy Quran:

And truly We sent Moses with Our messages to Pharaoh and his chiefs, so he
said: I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds. But when he brought them
Our signs, lo! they laughed at them. And We showed them not a sign but it was
greater than its fellow, and We seized them with chastisement that they might turn.
And they said: O enchanter, call on thy Lord for us, as He has made the
covenant with thee; we shall surely follow guidance. But when We removed from
them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.
And Pharaoh proclaimed amongst his people, saying: O my people, is not the
kingdom of Egypt mine and these rivers flowing beneath me? Do you not see?
Rather I am better than this (fellow) who is contemptible, and can hardly express
himself clearly. Why, then, have bracelets of gold not been bestowed on him, or
angels come along with him in procession?
So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him. Surely they were a
transgressing people. Then when they displeased Us, We exacted retribution from
them, so We drowned them all together. And We made them a thing past and an
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example for later generations.

Those scriptures written about Pharaoh and his army drowning to death in the sea parted by Moses were
not historical either. They were likely prophetic.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad said in Message to the Blackman, I would not like to
have you wait until the showdown between Allah and the modern Pharaohs people; therefore I come to
you with the truth, verifying that which is before it, and giving good news to the believers that they most
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certainly shall have Heaven in this life. Let us pick up the mantle of the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad and work to sit ourselves in heaven at once!
May Allah (God) amplify your understanding of and appreciation for Master Fard Muhammad, the
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EPILOGUE: FROM MESSENGER TO MESSIAH
In February of 1935, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad began his work among Black people
in America in the absence of his Teacher, Master Fard Muhammad. Master Fard Muhammad inspired
and guided His student to make certain statements, take certain steps, and do certain things for His will to
be accomplished. It was not necessary for His student to know exactly why these things had to happen.
The only thing that was necessary was for it to happen.
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad began his work as the Messenger of Allah (God).
Throughout his journey, however, something happened along the way. Unbeknownst to him and those
around him, he was transforming right before the peoples eyes. He, like a caterpillar in a cocoon, like a
clot in a womb, was evolving into an entirely new being. The old Elijah was fading away and a new Elijah
was forming. It was not a smooth process. In fact, it was absolutely painful, but Allah (God) was with
him the entire time through his metamorphosis.
What is now known about that transformative process is Allah (God) in the Person of Master
Fard Muhammad was walking His Servant right through the prophetic scriptures of both the Bible and
Holy Quran. He was shaping the life of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to fulfill the scriptures
that were written in Deuteronomy where Allah (God) said to Moses, I will raise up for them a Prophet
like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all
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that I command Him.
The one who would fulfill this prophetic scripture would be able to truthfully say, Lo, I come: in
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the volume of the book it is written of me.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said on this point:

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad God gave him eyes to understand every
utterance made by the former prophets. In fact, he is the fulfiller of what all the
prophets spoke, and thats why the Bible teaches, I come in the volume of the
Book .
You cant take any one prophet and say that this is he (the only one)
no! The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is all of them, and he verifies what they
prophesied, and he fulfills what they prophesied thereby justifying them as
prophets of God; and then sealing the prophets, and getting the world ready for a
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New Revelation that will guide humanity into what is called The Hereafter.
The Holy Quran corroborates the Minister when it says:

And when Allah made a covenant through the prophets: Certainly what I have
given you of Book and Wisdom then a Messenger comes to you verifying that
which is with you, you shall believe in him, and you shall aid him. He said: Do you
affirm and accept My compact in the (matter)? They said: We do affirm. He said:
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Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the bearers of witness with you.
Here, Allah (God) says He has given a book that speaks of certain things. Then He gives the people a
Messenger who verifies that which was written in the book. Verification of what was written could
mean the life and works of the Messenger would closely resemble the life and works of certain men
who were written of in the scriptures. It would be like the second coming of that prophet.

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 When that man appears and verifies what is written, Allah (God) says to believe in him and aid
him. After Allah (God) asks the people do they accept His compact in the (matter) and they affirm,
He tells them to bear witness as He, too, bears witness with them.
The one who comes in the volume of the book, would be the Messiah. Not only would the
Messiahs life mirror the life of former prophets, but the Messiah would able to take the scriptures and
expound upon the deeper meaning and wisdom contained in them like no one had been able to do before
him.
So the book of Revelation says:

And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written
inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its
seals? And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open
the scroll, or to look at it.
So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the
scroll, or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the
Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to
loose its seven seals.
And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living
creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out
into all the earth.
Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the
throne.
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-
four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying:
You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain,
and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and
people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall
reign on the earth.
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the
living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten
thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice:
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom,
and strength and honor and glory and blessing!
And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
Then the four living creatures said, Amen! And the twenty-four elders fell
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down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

How mighty are these scriptures?! These magnificently awesome scriptures in the book of Revelation
provide a glimpse into the inner sanctum of Allah (God). These scriptures give insight into what would
happen when the Messiah appears. The scriptures speak of a mighty one that is referred to as a Lamb.
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scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
Thus, the Lamb would be a man who would come and would have the ability and the power, by
Allah (God)s permission, to take the book, break the seals, and then explain the meaning of the book that
no one else knew. How would one know when that Lamb is present? He or she would know because
the true meaning of scriptures that were once mysterious would begin to be revealed.
A man came who walked through the prophetic scriptures of the Bible and Holy Quran. A man
came who expounded upon the deeper meaning of scriptures that were seemingly inexplicable prior to his
coming. A man came who was physically small in stature and on the surface appeared meek, like a lamb,
but was an absolute lion at heart. A man who would do all that would not only come in the volume of the
book, but would be the Messiah. That man who came and fulfilled all these things is the Most Honorable
Elijah Muhammad.
In Message to the Blackman, he wrote, [m]y greatest and only desire is to bring true
understanding of the word of God, His prophets and the scriptures, which the prophets were sent with,
pertaining to the lost-found people (the American so-called Negroes) of God and the judgment of the
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world.
In the Theology of Time lecture series, he said:

I am to teach you Wisdom, Divine Wisdom. I cant hasten it because you

have never had no such teacher as I. I am a teacher that you dont meet
everydayYou dont need no prophets after me. I bring you face to face with
God and the devil. Therefore you dont need no more prophets.
I fulfill in your presence that which Moses, Aaron, and Lot, Abraham
before them. I fulfill all of them right in your face. But you dont know these
things because you never studied scripture; therefore, the prophesier of the
scripture you dont know that until I open it up to you. But you will read where that
God in the Bible teaches you that He would send you one to teach you the
scriptures and in the Holy Quran it plainly teaches you that God would send you
one to teach you the wisdom and the knowledge of these things scripturally.
But since you have not been too much of a scripture reader I am here to
put your minds back in it so that you will find the truth that I am teaching you. Its
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there.

Ironically, by breaking the seals of the scriptures of the prophets he actually became the Seal of the
prophets. During the Theology of Time lecture series he said:

I am that last scientist or prophet you call him. But I am not a prophet by
the way of speaking. I am a Messenger. The last one is not a prophet. He dont
prophesy. He dont have nothing to prophesy. He fulfills that which others
prophesy. He is the end of prophets. And your Bible if you go back home and
search it, it reads in the end of the Old Testament where Elijah is mentioned. It is
the end, he is the end of the prophets.
So if I am not able to bear witness with the prophets, the former prophets,
and their prophesy, then I am not the last. But if I am able to bear witness that the
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prophets prophesy was right, just, and true then I may be that last.
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 All the things that happened in the past in the life of the prophets are now
being fulfilled. All of the Books (of scripture) Torah, Gospel and Quran are
now being sealed. What is a seal? The definition of a seal is it is a tight, or
perfect closure; a tight closure that prevents the entrance or escape of. What a
definition What makes it so tight, that nothing can come in or escape from the
Seal?
In the Book of Daniel, Chapter 12, verse 4 of the King James Version it
reads: But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time
of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Then go to Revelations 5:1, where it reads in the New International Version:
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on
both sides and sealed with seven seals; and then Revelation 10:4, which reads:
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice
from heaven say, Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it
down.
When you seal something, you close it that nothing else can enter what has
been sealed. When you call a man the Seal of The Prophets, then he fulfills
everything that the prophets spoke concerning him; that would make them liars if
their word was not fulfilled! And in fulfilling their words, you have then sealed it,
and you have sealed them (the prophets), and you have verified them as sincere,
authentic prophets of God; because if that last One does not come and do the
work that is prophesied that he would do all the other prophets could be
considered liars because their word was not fulfilled.
This Seal of the prophets makes it impossible for anyone to escape the reality
of the Seal, because the Seal fulfills and in fulfilling the words that were spoken of
him, by those who came before him, this closes the door on prophethood. There is
no need for a prophet anymore once the Seal has been placed there by God
Himself. The question is, Was all that the prophets predicted fulfilled in Jesus of
2,000 years ago, or Muhammad of 1,400 years ago? You have to answer that as
a religious scholar.
If what the prophets predicted of end times did not happen on the watch of
Jesus of 2,000 years ago, nor the watch of Prophet Muhammad of Arabia 1,400
years ago, then Jesus and Muhammad prefigured a future time and a future Man
who would seal up the book. None of the plagues that were seen in the time of
prophets took place during the time of Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (peace be
upon him); and none of the plagues that hit Pharaoh and others took place during
the time of Jesus the prophet! So Jesus was 2,000 years too soon to bring about his
desire to end the civilization of the wicked and Muhammad was 1,400 years too
soon to do the same.
The Seal of the prophets means it is an individual that is sealed with the
Wisdom of God that lets the world know that he is authentic. So they, Jesus and
Muhammad, prefigured the coming of the Great Mahdi and the Great Messiah:
Master Fard Muhammad and The Honorable Elijah Muhammad who was given
the knowledge that seals the books; the scriptures!
I represent those two Men! And they are the Two that back me: the Great
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Muhammad.

During the course of his mission and work in America, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad went from
being the Messenger to the Messiah that the Christian world has been looking for. He is the Messiah not
because the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said so. He is the Messiah because the 24 undeniable
points of comparison between his life and the life of historical Moses say so.
The Messiah would come in the volume of the book and be able to break the seals of the
book. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads life significantly parallels the life of Moses and he
possessed the understanding of scriptures that seemingly no one could explain. Thus, any reasonable-
minded person that is patiently awaiting the coming of the Messiah would have to consider the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad as the fulfillment of that man.
Why write this book? Allah (God) in the person of Master Fard Muhammad once said to His
helpers, we must know and be able to prove at all times to the new converts that the lessons that Our
Saviour (Allah) gave us to study and learn is the fulfillment of the prophecies of all the former
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prophets. This book was written in an effort to follow those instructions.

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Allah (God) willing, coming next:

In the Volume of the Book

The Minister Series Book 1

Aaron:
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Index

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13th Amendment
13th amendment
Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron
Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham,
Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham,
Abraham
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God),
Allah (God), Allah (God), Allah (God)
Amran
angel
Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia
Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible,
Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible, Bible
book of Deuteronomy, book of Deuteronomy, book of Deuteronomy, book of Deuteronomy, book of
Deuteronomy
book of Exodus, book of Exodus
book of John
book of Numbers, book of Numbers, book of Numbers
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of
Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel,
Children of Israel, Children of Israel, Children of Israel
Christian
Civil War
Council of Nicea
David
Detroit
Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy,
Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy
Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt,
Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt
eloquent, eloquent, eloquent, eloquent, eloquent, eloquent
Emancipation Proclamation, Emancipation Proclamation
Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus, Exodus

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face to face
Frederick Douglas
Genesis, Genesis
Gershom, Gershom
Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy
Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran,
Holy Quran, Holy Quran, Holy Quran
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable
Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad,
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable
Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad,
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable
Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad,
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable
Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah
Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Isaac
Isaiah
Jacob, Jacob
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Jochebed, Jochebed, Jochebed, Jochebed
John the Baptist
Ku Klux Klan
Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln
Malachi
Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X,
Malcolm X, Malcolm X, Malcolm X
manna, manna, manna, manna, manna, manna
Mark
Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad,
Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad,
Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad,
Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad,
Master Fard Muhammad, Master Fard Muhammad
Matthew
Mecca, Mecca, Mecca
Mecca, Arabia
Messenger, Messenger, Messenger
Messiah, Messiah, Messiah
Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian, Midian
Miriam, Miriam, Miriam, Miriam, Miriam, Miriam, Miriam
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,

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Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses,
Moses
Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Ms. Hattie L. Lucas-Power
Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam,
Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam,
Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam,
Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam, Nation of Islam
Nile River
Old Testament, Old Testament, Old Testament, Old Testament
Originator
Pentateuch
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh,
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh,
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh
pope
president
Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land,
Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land, Promised Land
prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic,
prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic, prophetic
Psalms
Revelation
slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery,
slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery, slavery,
slavery
slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves
Solomon
Spirit of Truth
the Teachings
Torah, Torah
Union, Union, Union
United States of America
Vatican Church
Volume
What the Muslims Believe

Notes
[1]
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is also referred to herein as the Minister.

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[2]
Mahdi is pronounced mahk-dee.

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[3]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time Lecture Series, August 6, 1972

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[4]
Genesis 15:13 (All Biblical citations contained herein are from the New King James Version unless
otherwise noted.)

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[5]
Exodus 3:7-8 (Other scriptures which allude to God coming to redeem His people can be found at I
Chronicles 17:21 and II Samuel 7:23.)

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[6]
Muhammad, E., The Fall of America, p.70

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[7]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 1-15

149
[8]
Ibid., p. 6

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[9]
Methuselah lived 969 years (Genesis 5:27), Noah 950 years (Genesis 9:29), and Adam 930 years
(Genesis 5:5)

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[10]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, Preface

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[11]
Ibid., p. 9

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[12]
Farrakhan, Lecture at Light of the World Church, Lecture, November 30, 2013

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[13]
Though, at some point, there will be another Man that will serve as the Supreme Being of the
universe, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that it will be binding on all Believers who
live in the next 1,000 years to serve and obey Master Fard Muhammad as the Supreme Being.
Message to the Blackman, p. 142

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[14]
Farrakhan, A New Beginning, Part II, Lecture, November 2, 2008

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[15]
Farrakhan, God Will Send Saviours, Lecture, February 27, 2011

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[16]
Luke 19:10

158
[17]
Farrakhan, The Time and What Must Be Done, Lecture Series, Part 56; see also, Farrakhan,
The Majesty of Master Fard Muhammads Love, Lecture, January 1, 2006

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[18]
Finalcall.com, Muhammad Continues to Speak, October 9, 2006

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[19]
Muhammad, J., This is the One, p. 150

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[20]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 16

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[21]
Muhammad, J., This is the One, p. 150

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[22]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 17

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[23]
Muhammad, J., Closing the Gap, pp. 150-51

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[24]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 9, 1972

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[25]
Throughout this book, the titles, The Messenger of Allah and The Messenger are used
interchangeably to refer to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

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[26]
Psalm 40:7; see also, Hebrew 10:7

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[27]
B.C.E. (Before the Christian Era)

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[28]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 30, 1972

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[29]
Holy Quran 45:3 (All references to the Holy Quran herein are to the Maulana Muhammad Ali
Version unless otherwise indicated.)

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[30]
Random House Dictionary

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[31]
Farrakhan, The True History of Moses, Lecture, December 7, 1986

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[32]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 89

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[33]
Muhammad, J., Closing the Gap, p. 20

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[34]
Mark 8:27; see also Matthew 16:13

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[35]
The Old Testament was not in the present compiled form in the time of Jesus, however, the
disciples and others were aware of and evidently had read and knew some of the scriptures found
in the individual books of the Old Testament.

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[36]
Mark 8:28; see also Matthew 16:14

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[37]
Matthew 22:29 (KJV)

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[38]
Matthew 21:31

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John 10:25 (KJV)

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[40]
John 10:37-38 (KJV)

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[41]
John 14:11 (KJV)

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[42]
Matthew 5:16

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[43]
Holy Quran 9:105

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[44]
Deuteronomy 18:15 (KJV)

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[45]
Deuteronomy 18:18 (KJV)

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[46]
Deuteronomy 18:19 (KJV)

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[47]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 28

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[48]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 28

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[49]
Exodus 6:20

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Numbers 26:59

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[51]
Exodus 1:10 (KJV)

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[52]
Exodus 1:15-16

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[53]
Exodus 1:17

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Exodus 1:22

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Exodus 2:2-3

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[56]
Exodus 2:3

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Exodus 2:6

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Exodus 2:7

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Exodus 2:10

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Exodus 2:12

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Exodus 2:13-14

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Exodus 2:15

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Holy Quran 28:19-20

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Exodus 2:17

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Exodus 2:18 records the name of their father as Reuel, but Exodus 3:1 records his name as Jethro.

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Exodus 2:19

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Exodus 2:21

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Exodus 2:22

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Exodus 3:1-4

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Holy Quran 20:10-15

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Exodus 24:10-11

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Exodus 31:18

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Random House Dictionary

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Exodus 11:5-6

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Numbers 11:16-17,25

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Numbers 12:6-8

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Numbers 14:7-14

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Exodus 33:11

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Deuteronomy 34:10

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Exodus 33:11

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Exodus 33:21-23

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Exodus 3:7-10; see also, Exodus 6:2-8

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Exodus 3:10

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Allah (God) also gave Moses a helper to assist with that task by the name of Aaron, which is
discussed later.

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Exodus 4:10-12

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Holy Quran 20:25-28

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[87]
Holy Quran 26:10-13

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Holy Quran 43:51-52

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Exodus 3:1

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Exodus 18:2-4

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Exodus 2:22

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Exodus 18:4

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Exodus 18:2

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[94]
Frederick Douglas once said, Power concedes nothing without a demand. The Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan added something to that statement, which is illustrated in the plagues
finally convincing Pharaoh to let the Children of Israel go. He said, Power concedes nothing
without a demand that is backed by power. Chicago State University, April 19, 2014.

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[95]
Exodus 18:2-5

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[96]
Exodus 18:6

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[97]
Numbers 12:1

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[98]
Exodus 3:8

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Holy Quran 4:125

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Genesis 18:1-5

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Genesis 18:33

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Genesis 15:13-14 (KJV)

244
[103]
Genesis 17:6-8. Allah (God) repeated this covenant was Jacob, Abrahams son, and with Isaac,
Abrahams grandson in Exodus 6:3,4.

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[104]
Exodus 2:23-25 (KJV)

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[105]
Some may argue that those scriptures were fulfilled when the Children of Israel were enslaved
and mistreated in Egypt for 400 years. The problem with that argument is that, outside of the Bible
itself, there is no historical record from thousands of years ago identifying a people being enslaved
and mistreated for 400 years in Egypt. According to the covenant with Abraham, his seed the
real Children of Israel would be made rulers in the land in which they were enslaved and that land
would become known as The Promised Land. Thus, any people who claim to be the real Children
of Israel would have to, at least, reside in the land in which they claim their people were once
enslaved.
In addition, Allah (God) said unto Moses in the scriptures, I will raise up for them a Prophet like
you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all
that I command Him. If Moses led a people that were enslaved and oppressed for 400 years and
one would be raised like him, then that one who would be raised like Moses would have to lead a
people like the Children of Israel.
Thus, what is written in the Bible about the Children of Israel is not the proof that those people
were the chosen people of Allah (God). That which is written about the Children of Israel only
serves as a sign of what the real Children of Israel would go through at some point in the future.

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Exodus 3:10

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[107]
Exodus 5:1

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[108]
Holy Quran 7:103-105

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[109]
Genesis 1:3

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Genesis 1:8-25

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[111]
Genesis 1:26-28, 2:4

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[112]
Genesis 2:19

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[113]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 28

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Exodus 3:7-10

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Exodus 9:1

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Exodus 33:13-17

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[117]
Moses was not the only major prophet in the Bible to advocate for separation. Abraham (Genesis
13:8,9), Joshua (Joshua 23:6-13) and Jesus (Matthew 25:32-41) advocated for separation as well.

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Deuteronomy 7:1-4 (New Living Translation)

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[119]
Deuteronomy 4:8

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Deuteronomy 5:1-22

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Leviticus 11:1-7

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Leviticus 11:1-8

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Leviticus 11:9-12

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Leviticus 11:44-47

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[125]
Leviticus 27:30-32

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[126]
Deuteronomy 14:22-27

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[127]
Deuteronomy 14:28-29 (Emphasis added)(KJV)

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[128]
Exodus 33:11-13

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Deuteronomy 4:5-8

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[130]
Deuteronomy 29:5; see also, Deuteronomy 2:7

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[131]
Deuteronomy 8:2

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[132]
Holy Quran 7:142

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[133]
Farrakhan, Guidance for Our President and Our Nation, Holy Day of Atonement Address,
Lecture, October 14, 2012

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[134]
Exodus 16:3. Here, the Children of Israel claim they had plenty to eat in Egypt; however,
because they were slaves in Egypt, they probably did not have anything more than scraps from their
slave masters table. Those scraps, however, may have seemed sufficient to them since they were
reduced so low by their slave masters.

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[135]
Exodus 16:4

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[136]
Exodus 16:15 (KJV)

278
[137]
Exodus 16:35. Ironically, as discussed above, Moses led the Children of Israel for 40 years; thus,
the existence of manna coincides with the exact time in which Moses led and taught the Children of
Israel.

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[138]
Deuteronomy 8:1-3

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[139]
In the New Testament, the scriptures state, the wages of sin is death. Thus, while bread would
sustain the physical body, the word of Allah (God), which gives life, light, and power, would sustain
the spiritual body. Thus, man, not only needs bread to eat, but man also needs the word of Allah
(God) to live.

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Revelation 2:14-17

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[141]
Exodus 33:1-5

283
[142]
Deuteronomy 31:27-29

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Exodus 4:10-12

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Exodus 4:13

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[145]
Holy Quran 20:29-36

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Holy Quran 28:34-35

288
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Exodus 4:14-16

289
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Numbers 12:1

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Numbers 12:5-9

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Numbers 12:10

292
[151]
Leviticus 8:1-12 (NIV); see also, Exodus 29th chapter

293
[152]
Exodus 4:14-16

294
[153]
Exodus 34:14

295
[154]
Exodus 7:1

296
[155]
Accurate birth records were not kept at that time on Black families so the Most Honorable Elijah
Muhammad could only estimate the date of his birth.

297
[156]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 178

298
[157]
Muhammad, J., Closing the Gap, pp. 17-18

299
[158]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 257, 258

300
[159]
This account of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad being pursued by his brother is similar to the
account in the Holy Quran where the prophet Thamud tried to kill his brother Salih after Salih
called his brother to follow Allah (God). Thamud was unsuccessful in his plans to kill his brother
and Allah (God) destroyed him and those with him. Holy Quran, 27:45-53

301
[160]
Exodus 2:15

302
[161]
Deuteronomy 18:18

303
[162]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 6

304
[163]
Ibid., p. 1

305
[164]
John 1:1,12-14

306
[165]
Farrakhan, Study Guide 19: The Knowledge of God, pp. 10-11

307
[166]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 16

308
[167]
Exodus 3:4

309
[168]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 9, 1972

310
[169]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 16-17

311
[170]
Muhammad, E., The Fall of America, p. 12

312
[171]
Exodus 33:11

313
[172]
Psalm 23:1-6

314
[173]
Exodus 33:21-23

315
[174]
Exodus 3:7-10; see also, Exodus 6:2-8

316
[175]
Matthew 11:19

317
[176]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series

318
[177]
Exodus 4:10; Holy Quran 26:13

319
[178]
Some may contend that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures pertaining to Moses.
There are multiple aspects to that life of Moses that do not match the life of Jesus. There is no
evidence, however, in the Bible that Jesus was ineloquent or slow of speech. In fact, Jesus,
according to what is recorded of his sayings in the New Testament, was quite eloquent of speech.
The Bible says Jesus, at the age of 12, was found in the temples of Egypt sitting in the midst of the
doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at
his understanding and answers. This would not fit the description of the prophetic Moses who
would not be eloquent of speech.

320
[179]
Judges 12:13,14

321
[180]
II Chronicles 13:21

322
[181]
Genesis 16:1-3; 25:1

323
[182]
I Chronicles 4:5

324
[183]
I Chronicles 2:46-50

325
[184]
I Chronicles 3:1-9; II Samuel 5:13

326
[185]
Genesis 36:11-12

327
[186]
Genesis 26:34; 36:10

328
[187]
I Chronicles 4:17-18

329
[188]
Judges 8:30

330
[189]
Genesis 29:23-30; 30:4-9; 35:22-26

331
[190]
Exodus 2:21; Numbers 12:1

332
[191]
II Samuel 3:7

333
[192]
I Kings 11:3

334
[193]
To be clear, such a lifestyle is not for every man. The Holy Quran teaches that, [m]en are the
maintainers of women, with what Allah has made some of them to excel others and with what they
spend out of their wealth. Holy Quran, 4:34. Therefore, if a man cannot adequately maintain one
wife, it should not be in his consciousness to try and take on another wife. Maintain, so teaches
the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, does not just mean financially, but mentally, spiritually,
physically, and emotionally. To consider providing that for more than one wife at a time requires an
above-average man.
The average Black man in North America has been so damaged by the wickedness of his open
enemy, so teaches the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, that the thought of taking on more than
one wife should be one of the furthest things from his mind. To overcome such challenges and to be
prepared to maintain such a lifestyle would require a man to be significantly in accord with the will
of Allah (God). Such a man was and is the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Something else that cannot be dismissed is that Allah (God) has a purpose and plan for
everything. Allah (God) knows the future at all times. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad had
nine children by his first wife, Mother Clara Muhammad. Allah (God) knew, however, that none of
those nine children would continue to believe as he believed. He knew His servant would have to
have more than one wife to produce other children who would believe as he believed and who
would work to propagate the faith as he taught.
So, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan teaches that Allah (God), in His infinite
wisdom, guided the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad to take on additional wives. The wisdom in
that guidance has been validated by history. Children of subsequent wives have not only continued
to believe as the Messenger of Allah (God) believed, but have actively worked to help the
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan re-establish the faith as practiced and taught by the
Messenger.

335
[194]
Exodus 2:21

336
[195]
Numbers 12:1

337
[196]
Genesis 15:13-14

338
[197]
Exodus 12:40

339
[198]
The indigenous people also found their populations being decimated by the filth and diseases these
Europeans brought with them from Europe.

340
[199]
Muhammad, E., Mr. Muhammad Speaks, June 8, 1957

341
[200]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 230

342
[201]
Abraham Lincoln once wrote, If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it,
and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some
and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do
because I believe it helps to save the Union; Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley,
April 22, 1862.

343
[202]
The 13th Amendment to the United States constitution reads: Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. (Emphasis added)

344
[203]
Washington, Up From Slavery, pp. 4-5

345
[204]
Strange Fruit is a reference to a song by Billie Holiday, which she originally recorded in 1939.
Bodies that hung from trees like apples and oranges were called Strange Fruit.

346
[205]
Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)

347
[206]
"John F. Kennedy", Urs Swharz, Paul Hamlyn, 1964.

348
[207]
John F. Kennedy, Speech, June 11, 1963

349
[208]
Genesis 15:13 (KJV)

350
[209]
Exodus 2:23 (KJV)

351
[210]
Not only are there striking parallels between the Children of Israel and Black people in America,
but there are striking parallels between the deaths of President Abraham Lincoln and President
John F. Kennedy: 1) both spoke to expanded rights for Blacks, 2) both were assassinated, 3) their
assassinations occurred within months after seeking legislation to secure those rights, 4) both were
shot in the head, 5) President Lincoln was shot inside the Ford Theatre and the vehicle in which
President Kennedy was shot in is inside the Ford Museum, 6) both were replaced by vice-
presidents named Johnson, and 7) congress passed the legislation that both men advocated for
within a few months after their deaths. Maybe Allah (God) used these similarities as a sign of the
significant connection between these presidents and the real Children of Israel.

352
[211]
Exodus 5:1

353
[212]
Muhammad, E., Our Saviour Has Arrived, pp. 39-40

354
[213]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 290

355
[214]
Muhammad, E., Our Saviour Has Arrived, p. 96

356
[215]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 16-17

357
[216]
Muhammad, E., Our Saviour Has Arrived, p. 19

358
[217]
Ibid., p. 98

359
[218]
Ibid., p. 19

360
[219]
Gregor Mendel 19th century priest who conducted experiments on peas to ascertain this theory.

361
[220]
In 2008, Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of
Copenhagen confirmed what the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught since the 1930s, which
was that blue eyes are only 6,000 to 10,000 years old and before the mutation of blue eyes occurred
everyone had brown eyes. Though Mr. Eiberg gave a range of years, the low end of his range,
6,000 years, matches exactly what the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught, which was the
making of the white race, which came with blue eyes, occurred 6,000 years ago.

362
[221]
Genesis 1:1-3

363
[222]
Muhammad, E., What the Muslims Want, Muhammad Speaks, Point Number 5

364
[223]
Muhammad, E., What the Muslims Want, Points Number 4 and 5

365
[224]
Muhammad, E., What the Muslims Believe, Point Number 7

366
[225]
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan would later say the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
did not believe that the government would give Black people even one state, but he wanted
everyone to have an idea of the price that would have to be paid for Black peoples liberation.

367
[226]
Muhammad, E., Our Saviour Has Arrived, p. 74

368
[227]
Ibid., p. 19

369
[228]
Muhammad, E., The Fall of America, p. 16

370
[229]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 180

371
[230]
Ibid., p. 38

372
[231]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 227

373
[232]
Some would argue that this exodus spoken of in the Bible was a physical one. The Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan, however, teaches that the separation could mean a separation from the
ways, customs, thoughts, and actions of the people. Thus, the separation would actually be a
separation from the mind of a slave to the mind of a child of Allah (God).

374
[233]
Muhammad, E., The Fall of America, pp. 12-13

375
[234]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 204

376
[235]
Exodus 9:1

377
[236]
Exodus 33:16

378
[237]
Muhammad, E., What the Muslims Believe, Muhammad Speaks, Point Number 10

379
[238]
On September 26, 2012, during a social media town hall media, a person asked the Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan on whether or not the Nations perspective on interracial marriage had
changed since the number of interracial marriages keeps growing. The Honorable Minister Louis
Farrakhan responded by saying, No, our perspective has not changedwe want a Black man with
a Black woman but that is not always the reality. So what do you do about it? You either accept it
or reject it and thats still your people so you might as well accept it, bring them on into the fold, and
let them make their contribution to the rise of our people.

380
[239]
Wang, The Rise of Intermarriage, 2012

381
[240]
Deuteronomy 7:3 (KJV)

382
[241]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 37

383
[242]
Deuteronomy 5:4-21; see also, Exodus 20:1-17

384
[243]
Muhammad, E., How to Eat to Live, Book 1, p. 1

385
[244]
Ibid., p. 2

386
[245]
Muhammad, E., How to Eat to Live, Book 1, p. 17

387
[246]
Ibid., pp. 60-61. One writer commented, Shellfish are the cockroaches of the sea. They too are
scavengers. Everything that dies in the sea or dies and ends up in the seas are consumed by
shrimp, lobster, scallops, crabs, oysters, and mussels. This specially designed fish also is charged
with the duty to clean up contaminated waters. There are other fresh water fish assigned to do the
same duty as scavengers. They include catfish and sucker fish.
(http://www.cognm.org/cognm/Sub%20Files/Fit%20Food.htm)

388
[247]
Leviticus 11:1-47

389
[248]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 192-93

390
[249]
Deuteronomy 14:28-29 (KJV)

391
[250]
Exodus 33:13

392
[251]
Muhammad, J., This is the One, pp. 150-51

393
[252]
Deuteronomy 29:5; see also, Deuteronomy 2:7 and Holy Quran 7:142

394
[253]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 16-17

395
[254]
Exodus 16:35

396
[255]
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan believed then that his teacher had passed away. His son,
Joshua, who was standing on post outside the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammads hospital room on
February 25, 1975, heard others say that and that is when his son called him to relay the devastating
news. Since that time, however, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan announced to the world in
1981 that he came to realize that the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad was not dead, but was
alive and well and sitting at the right hand of Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad.

397
[256]
Deuteronomy 31:29

398
[257]
Muhammad, J., Farrakhan: the Traveler. Allah in Person: How He Helps His Servants, May 13,
2008. This same reference is made by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in The Time and
What Must Be Done, Part 23.

399
[258]
Proverbs 9:10; see also, Psalm 111:10

400
[259]
Exodus 4:13

401
[260]
Holy Quran 20:29-34

402
[261]
Holy Quran 1:3

403
[262]
Muhammad, J., Closing the Gap, p. 344

404
[263]
Exodus 4:14-16

405
[264]
MALCOLM X SCORES U.S. AND KENNEDY; Likens Slaying to 'Chickens Coming
Home to Roost' Newspapers Chided, The New York Times, December 2, 1963.

406
[265]
Numbers 12:1

407
[266]
Farrakhan, Doing for Self Gets You the Help of God, Lecture, 1995

408
[267]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 9, 1972

409
[268]
Muhammad, J., Closing the Gap, p. 364

410
[269]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 16, 1972

411
[270]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, July 30, 1972

412
[271]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, August 27, 1972

413
[272]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, September 24, 1972

414
[273]
Leviticus 8:1-14

415
[274]
Genesis 1:26

416
[275]
Farrakhan, Take Off the Old Man and Put on the New Man, Lecture, 2005

417
[276]
Farrakhan, The Time and What Must Be Done, Lecture Series, Part 47

418
[277]
Farrakhan, Let Us Make Man, Lecture, 1994

419
[278]
Farrakhan, The Grace of God, Article, 1981

420
[279]
Farrakhan, Message to the Gang Leaders, Lecture, 2002

421
[280]
Farrakhan, The Time and What Must Be Done, Lecture Series, Part 51

422
[281]
Farrakhan, The Proof that Master Fard Muhammad is the Supreme Being, Lecture, 1980

423
[282]
Exodus 4:14-16

424
[283]
Farrakhan, Saviours Day Address, Lecture, February 22, 1981

425
[284]
John 8:42

426
[285]
John 10:25

427
[286]
Deuteronomy 18:18

428
[287]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 250-51

429
[288]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, August 6, 1972

430
[289]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, October 15, 1972

431
[290]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, pp. 157-58

432
[291]
Exodus 3:8.

433
[292]
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught that the Hereafter is a peaceful state of existence
here on Earth after the fall of Satan. Thus, the Hereafter, which could also be referred to as
The Promised Land, would be a type of paradise, a heaven on Earth.

434
[293]
Holy Quran 87:14-19

435
[294]
Muhammad, E., Mr. Muhammad Speaks, June 9, 1956

436
[295]
Holy Quran 18:68

437
[296]
Holy Quran 14:5

438
[297]
Holy Quran 43:46-56

439
[298]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 22

440
[299]
Deuteronomy 18:18

441
[300]
Psalm 40:7 (See also Hebrew 10:7)

442
[301]
Farrakhan, The Time and What Must Be Done, Lecture Series, Part 4

443
[302]
Holy Quran 3:80

444
[303]
Revelation 5:1-14

445
[304]
Muhammad, E., Message to the Blackman, p. 10

446
[305]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, October 22, 1972

447
[306]
Muhammad, E., Theology of Time, Lecture Series, October 8, 1972

448
[307]
Farrakhan, The Time and What Must Be Done, Lecture Series, Part 58

449
[308]
Muhammad, Master Fard, Supreme Wisdom Lessons, Instructions to the Laborers, Number 3

450
[309]
If there is anything of value found in this book about the correlation between Moses and the Most
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, then all praise is due to Allah (God) who came in the Person of
Master Fard Muhammad. None of the scriptures found in this book could have come to life were it
not for Master Fard Muhammad, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and the Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 8
(Untitled) 9
Prologue: Why Write This Book? 10
Foundation of The Nation 11
Allah (God) Would Come After 400 Years of Bondage 11
Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad 12
(Untitled) 16
The Messenger of Allah (God) 16
In the Volume of the Book 18
A Sign is Only a Sign 19
Historical vs. Prophetic 19
Who Do People Say I Am? 20
The Works That I DoBear Witness of Me 21
One Raised Like Moses 22
(Untitled) 23
(Untitled) 23
(Untitled) 23
(Untitled) 23
(Untitled) 23
(Untitled) 24
Moses 24
(Untitled) 24
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(Untitled) 25
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(Untitled) 25
(Untitled) 25
(Untitled) 25
(Untitled) 25
(Untitled) 25
The Man 25
Background 25
Plot to Kill Moses 27
Met Allah (God) in Arabia 28
Met Face-to-Face With Allah (God) 29
Moses Saw Allah (God) Leave 31
Allah (God) Raised Moses to Take His Place 32
Not Eloquent of Speech 33
More Than One Wife 34
(Untitled) 35
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(Untitled) 36
(Untitled) 36
The Mission 36
The Children of Israel 37
Challenged Pharaoh 39

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 In the Beginning 40
Advocated for Separation 41
Discouraged Intermarriage 42
Brought Strict Law 43
Taught What Foods to Eat and to Not Eat 45
Three-Year Economic Savings Program 47
Called the Children of Israel a Nation 48
Among the Nation for 40 Years 49
Manna From Heaven 50
Moses Teachings Discarded 52
(Untitled) 53
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(Untitled) 55
(Untitled) 55
The Help 55
Moses Prayed for Help 55
Aaron Was Sent to Help 57
Domestic Life Criticized By Spokesman 58
Anointed Aaron in Front of the Children of Israel 59
Moses was as God to Aaron 60

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(Untitled) 61
The Points 61
(Untitled) 64
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad 64
(Untitled) 64
(Untitled) 65
(Untitled) 65
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(Untitled) 65
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(Untitled) 65
(Untitled) 65
(Untitled) 65
(Untitled) 65
(Untitled) 65
The Man 65
Background 65
(Untitled) 66
Plot to Kill the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad 67
Met Allah (God) From Arabia 69
Met with Master Fard Muhammad Face-to-face 70
He Saw Master Fard Muhammad Leave 71
Raised to Take Master Fard Muhammads Place 72
Broken English 73
More Than One Wife 74
(Untitled) 75

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(Untitled) 75
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(Untitled) 76
(Untitled) 76
(Untitled) 76
(Untitled) 76
(Untitled) 76
(Untitled) 76
The Mission 76
(Untitled) 77
The Real Children of Israel 77
Challenged the Presidents of the United States 85
Creation 86
Separate and be Saved 88
Discouraged Intermarriage 91
The Restrictive Laws 92
How to Eat to Live 94
(Untitled) 96
Three Year Economic Savings Program 96
The Nation of Islam 97
1935 1975 99
(Untitled) 100
The Teachings 100
The Teachings Discarded 101
(Untitled) 102
(Untitled) 102
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(Untitled) 103
(Untitled) 103
(Untitled) 103
(Untitled) 103
The Help 103
Prayed For Help 103
Allah (God) Sent The Charmer 105
Domestic Life Criticized By Malcolm X 107
Anointed His Spokesperson in Front of the Nation 108
A God to His Spokesperson 114
(Untitled) 115
The Parallels 115
His Works Bear Witness of Him 120
The Promised Land 124
When Prophecy Is Fulfilled 125
(Untitled) 125
The Covenant 125
America: The Prophetic Promised Land 126
Epilogue: From Messenger to Messiah 128
Bibliography 135
Notes 142
MALCOLM X SCORES U.S. AND KENNEDY; Likens
Slaying to 'Chickens Coming Home to Roost' Newspapers 406
Chided, The New York Times, December 2, 1963.

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